Kokatat Ambassador Taylor Cote is having tons of fun on the Palguin River: “Scraping down the steep hill, making sure I’m keeping up with the person in front. We get closer and closer to the most exciting part of this whole hike, the put-in. There’s a land bridge you get to walk over a mossy little nature bridge you can peer over into the water, careful not to drop your boat though! After that, there’s also the fun seal launch; it can be a bit nerve-racking, because after you create your big splash you look up and realize you have just dropped into gorge, a beautiful one at that.