Had the luxury of realizing the planned St.John River trip this year when Governor Mills lifted the ban in a timely manner for back country camping. Paddled from Baker Lake to Dickey Bridge with my father and a group of 4 that we met up with on day 2 of our trip. We did not know the people within this group but it made sense to finish the river together and we had a great time and developed new friendships. River flow was at about medium. Big Black Rapids was more intense than Big Rapids but both were very manageable with the existing river flows. We didn't go swimming! Here is a link to my latest Youtube video if you would like to see the trip in action.
https://youtu.be/K2t-WYRTkBM
https://youtu.be/K2t-WYRTkBM