Hey you, beautiful river. It’s been a while since we’ve been together, but I can’t keep you off my mind...I’ve been dreaming about you letting me travel through your water while I thrust my paddle to travel up your stream... Because if I’m honest, river? I love you. I love your canyon where your granite points its fingers into the moonlit sky. I love your water, slippery and frothing, cradling my yak as it draws me into a calm pool below when finishing a beautiful ride. I love all your little secrets beautiful river...your hot springs, the rocky eddy’s, the tight gorge and how you swell...I love paddling around your two tight bends and finding that your canyon still wants me to continue on my journey once again. Hey you, beautiful river. I can’t keep my mind off you, I miss you, I love you.