{"id":5853,"date":"2019-04-27T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T20:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2019-04-27T14:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T20:50:04","slug":"wright-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2019\/04\/27\/wright-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"  class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Looking east towards the Hood River with the Wright River coming in from the south.<\/p>\n<p>The short day from Kingaunmiut Falls to the Wright River confluence was possibly the smoothest day on this trip. The river was easy and glassy calm. We stopped to watch a few muskox grazing on the tundra far up the bank. We got to the Wright River early and had lots of time for a walk. We found old Inuit tent rings, fascinating rock formations and frost heaving, beautiful falls on the Wright River, and a school of Arctic Grayling swimming in the pool at the bottom of the falls with their tall dorsal fins constantly cutting through the still surface.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WrightRiver-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Falls on the Wright River as it tumbles towards the Hood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking east towards the Hood River with the Wright River coming in from the south. 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