The river just kept going and going as far as we could see. The next 2 look similar, but are from different section of the river.

From here, the river widened and became remarkably calm. Our best bet for continuing was wading in the knee to thigh deep water and we found the river bed to now be lined by a layer of silt.

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Towards the end of this section we could see another drop off and it was at this point that we noticed the (old) State Park boundary. The drop turned out to be a small cascade and from here, the river took a little 'S' turn forming a couple of small pools. We interupted a couple of ducks from their play time - didn't get a photo but got then on video.

We then encountered 2 more chute areas, the second one being the longest. The next 2 photos show the beginning and end of the second chute. Both emptied into long narrow deep pools.

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