Is the powerhouse run still open? I got a buddie that wants to try out boating. Recent beta anyone?

I was down there with the kids to go swimming this weekend.  Standard beer float mayhem.  BUT, they had a private security guard stationed at Tokul bridge to keep anyone from going up the road.  I like to take the kids to the sandy beach that's above the surf wave drop but he wouldn't even let me park below and walk up the 500 yards to that spot.  Seems a bit strange to me that a private enterprise can prevent us from accessing a public road.  And, once the level drops enough for the wave to come in I'd much rather walk up to it than try to walk the bank.  In the little Fall City newsletter they had a phone number for someone at PSE - I'll give a call and see what they have to say.  Accessing at the top of road looks pretty undoable, they've fenced off the whole backside of the parking lot and had alot of heavy machinery in there.

I was planning on taking my son kayaking on his first river this summer.  We had been planning on the Powerhouse but since it's close what are some other good first time river for a 6 year old?