Kaniksu
Veteran Member
- Joined
- May 25, 2021
- Messages
- 43
- Vessel Name
- Kaniksu
- Vessel Make
- Roughwater 41
We have kept a boat on Puget Sound (Olympia) for over 15 years even though we live in the Portland/Vancouver Metro. It is 120 miles each way to our boat. My wife and I love the sound and so too does our daughter, but here is the thing; she is growing up (middle school) and being with us every weekend and for weeks in the summer is socially isolating. Parents are not willing anymore to let their kids go away with friends to a place they have not been to do an activity they do not comprehend. So I have considered, but not decided to move our boat to the Columbia River and cruise from Portland. Additionally, as I get older and have been dealing with some cancer for the past 2 years, I don't care to drive up to Olympia after work anymore to do a 2 hour project or clean the boat and then drive 120 miles back home. We have never boated on the Columbia. It seems that heading down stream there is much to explore. I think I understand the cruising to the east and how few people ever lock thru and go any great distance. So my questions:
1. Is is fun and interesting to go for long weekends and a week or two on the river?
2. Is exploring the lower river, anchoring out, fishing, swimming and floating doable in a boat that drafts 4'?
3. Is it quiet enough away from the airport, interstates and bridges to find some peace and solitude?
4. Is there solid support for marine services, such as haul outs, repairs and improvements in the Hayden Island area?
Thank y'all
1. Is is fun and interesting to go for long weekends and a week or two on the river?
2. Is exploring the lower river, anchoring out, fishing, swimming and floating doable in a boat that drafts 4'?
3. Is it quiet enough away from the airport, interstates and bridges to find some peace and solitude?
4. Is there solid support for marine services, such as haul outs, repairs and improvements in the Hayden Island area?
Thank y'all