River Rafting

As usual, to finish our week of fun we headed up toward Jackson, WY for our yearly river rafting trip down the Snake River with our friend’s Owen and Brianna along with a whole bunch of other people. We headed out early on Friday morning and arrived just in time to catch the first run of the day. Michelle decided to stay back to watch Drew and take pictures of us rafting as she was afraid she might fall off the raft and drown leaving Drew parent less while Nettie and I went down on Owen’s raft. Within no time all of us had a chance to be thrown into the water, one of Owen’s favorite activities. Although it was cold at first the ride was a lot better after having been completely immersed in the water. Michelle got caught up with feeding Drew and missed taking pictures of our run. Once we hit the loading ramp we made our way back to the top to go down the river again. Michelle stayed back again to watch Drew. Nettie and I once again tagged along on Owen’s raft.
This time as we made our way to the rapids called Lunch Counter, Michelle was waiting with the camera. As we made our way over the first few rapids we got hit with a rapid that threw me along with a few others off the raft.

After just a few second of being under water I broke through the top of the water grabbed my oar and waited for the rapids to take me to calmer water. After a few minutes I was picked up by our other raft and delivered back to my original raft to finish the run.


When we got back to the cars Michelle had gotten some decent pictures of the experience. Since Jill had come into town we decided to only stay the day and would only have one more opportunity to go down the river before we had to leave for home. With only one more chance we talked Michelle into going down the river, but made me stay behind to take care of Drew and take pictures. After a long period of Drew being fussy, hungry, and tired, Michelle and Nettie’s raft came into site ready to take on the Lunch Counter.
I took some amazing pictures as they battled the rapids and once again lost a few passengers. Michelle and Nettie were relieved to not be among those who fell off, but you can see the great facial expressions on Michelle as she realizes what has happened.

After it was all over Michelle was glad she went down the river. The trip wouldn’t have been the same if she hadn’t. Before leaving we took a picture with Owen and his wife, got a bite to eat, and headed home. I wish I would have been able to show you all the pictures, but there were too many so I have included the picasa web album link for your viewing pleasure.

http://picasaweb.google.com/drslice3232/201079RiverRaftingSnakeRiver?authkey=Gv1sRgCMuNnqCG4PmJ1AE#

Owen has decided to do river rafting every other year now with a Lake Powell trip the other years. It will be interesting to see if we will be able to make those trips, but as long as there is a possibility we will do our best not to miss it. Thanks once again Owen and Brianna for the wonderful adventure.