Haven't been out in the kayak for months.  It was great to get out on this sunny day and explore a new river I have not been on.  Put in had a bunch of rotting, stinking salmon being eaten by thousands of maggots which was cool.  :-)

This is a great run for surfing, not much in the way of holes.  Plenty of boulder gardens.  There is one big surf wave with a big eddy for re-entry about half way through this 3 hour run.

Lots of maple trees (hence name Maple Valley) and you don't see many houses or roads.  It's a very peaceful run, highly recommended for the Seattle lurkers looking for a change of scenery.  Apparently, this run isn't open for long due to the dam control so get it while it's up!

More info on run: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/3114