Rapid River, near Riggins, ID
Day 1
Another grand hike in Idaho!

A bit of nature to begin a beautiful hike	Gateway to the drainage you can see in the background. However they had configured the gate so I had to take the goat-boys up to the stock entrance.
	Had a lot of trouble with sun flashes as we were facing the sun on the way in
	Interesting to see the trail meandering off across the hillside
	Coffee Bean checking on the hiking partner's progress. Interestingly, Coffee Bean has followed at my heels since he was months old. That has been his 'position' in the group since his very first hike
	First bridge, over to the east side of the river. Without these bridges you would not be going anywhere, as these rivers are not wade-able. At least not in the spring.
The river from above	And then on down below
George stepping out smartly, hiking partner lagging...
The first 4 miles of trail was good quality, and was being maintained as we were there hiking. The next 3+ miles left something to be desired. The local ranger indicated that that portion was on the list to be maintained as well, sometime later	River has to squeeze past some granite at this point
The bane of an amateur photog. Letting your shadow get into the picture	Beautiful water. Clarity plus!