Samuel Metcalf

Trip Reports

A few weeks ago I went packrafting on the Queets River with my friend Patrick who recently moved to Seattle. On the first night of my trip to Maine, I impulsively sent him a message from my satellite messenger proposing the trip. I heard back a fe

Queets River, Washington, Autumn

Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, Autumn

Oswegatchie River, New York, Summer

Olympic Coast, Washington, Spring

When I called the WIC at Olympic NP, I asked the ranger if he would recommend the Queets River trail or another. "It depends on what you want," he said. "First off, you need a raft. We got some rain and there's no way you're fording it. You got a ra

Queets River, Washington, Spring

Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia

Delaware River, Early Spring

Finger Lakes, New York, Winter

Everglades National Park, Florida, Winter

Okefenokee, Georgia, Winter