![Michael Jonsson kayaks down Hamma Hamma Falls in Mason County, Wash.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/NUEz8QbNx2XC3E3YxLYWiOy9K1M=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/NOAM7PA7E5DUNELJPCXCPTY6AA.jpg)
One of the best parts about enjoying our great outdoors is that you can make your time as relaxed or as intense as you wish. You can hike a nice trail to see tall, awe-inspiring waterfalls. You can enjoy some calm, flat waters atop a kayak. Or you can combine the two, take the risk factor up tenfold and paddle your sit-in kayak down a 100-foot tall waterfall (after a lot of training and preparation, of course).