Wonderful story. We had a similar experience in a rubber raft on the Santiam River in Oregon, when we were swept by the current beneath a bankside strainer (fallen tree), were tossed from our raft, scrambled to the shore and, while wondering what we'd do next, the raft popped out from under the submerged branches of the tree and we were able to scramble back on to it and continue our float.
Wonderful story. We had a similar experience in a rubber raft on the Santiam River in Oregon, when we were swept by the current beneath a bankside strainer (fallen tree), were tossed from our raft, scrambled to the shore and, while wondering what we'd do next, the raft popped out from under the submerged branches of the tree and we were able to scramble back on to it and continue our float.
Thank you for sharing your adventure! It reminded me of the wilderness stories of Algernon Blackwood written in the 1890s.