There are lunch coolers, barbecues, camp chairs, cold drinks and fishing equipment to store. On Day 1 we fish, eat a gourmet lunch, portage the driftboats through the lining chute at Rainie Falls, fish some more and run some exciting whitewater like Tyee Rapid, Wildcat Rapid, Slim Pickens, and Upper Black Bar Falls , which is just before the first nights lodge. This is a very exciting Class 4 rapid. Black Bar Lodge is located fifteen miles down the river from our launch site at the Rand Station. It offers a common dining area, with a warm fireplace.
Dinner is a great time to reflect on the days activities and possibly meet new friends.
The lodge has a cheerful staff and the food is very good family style cuisine. We eat dinner and breakfast at Black Bar Lodge. Kris' 45 pound Chinook salmon hooked just below Rainie Falls and netted nearly a mile down river at Hog Eddy. It took Kris nearly an hour to land this hog.