S3.3 Willamette River - Marshall Island to Harrisburg
We've been chipping away at the Willamette River, and this trip found us just outside of Junction City at Marshall Island , where we took out for a trip in 2021 . We had 6 in our group, all family members. One thing about this section down to Harrisburg, if you take Ayres Lane, or Lovelake Road, it has a very low train trestle. As in 7' 3" low. When we were heading home after taking out 2 years ago, we had our kayaks on top of our truck rack, and we had to turn around and go a different route. Luckily we were paying attention to the height! Now, we have a trailer, so we were able to pass under just fine. There is a nice quiet eddy where the boat ramp is, so we were able to float and wait for everyone to get ready. Not too busy, around 3 in the afternoon. A few motorboats had put in, but they went upriver. This stretch of the Willamette is similar to most of what we have already kayaked. Pretty natural, quiet, and slow. The water level seemed a bit low, but we didn't