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Slide Show: Raft the Upper Klamath

Take to the water in style, with your own riverside compound.

Photography by Momentum River Expeditions 2/23/2016 at 9:33am

For more on rafting the Klamath, read the full story here.

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Slide Show: Ride the Rails to Glacier

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Slide Show: Conquer the Wallowas

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Slide Show: Journey Back in Time in Eastern Oregon

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Slide Show: Lodge-Hop the Olympic Peninsula

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