Rafting on the Upper Salmon River- Idaho

I am visiting my stepsisters and stepbrother in Sun Valley, Idaho.  My step-nephew was a river guide before starting his career. He owns his own raft and took Barbara and I out rafting with his girlfriend and father.

The 'rafts'  look like specialized versions of an inflatable dinghy.  The rafts have removable rigid internal framing that keeps the gear and row locks in place.

Navigating the river is a matter of dodging boulders while being propelled by the current at roughly 3 knots. The river is in the high desert and winds through a gorge bordered with sharply sloping faces of rock cliffs and pine and fir treed hills elsewhere.