White Water Rafting...

 It was quite exciting once we got onto the river. I hadn’t realized that we’d be balanced on the side of the raft with just a tube to tuck our feet under, which left me very nervous about falling overboard. Lucky for us, we had an awesome guide. Colin was brought up rafting; when he’s not on the river, he’s an artist in Oakland.

After lunch and the orientation, we did the South Fork gorge, which was beautiful. We paddled a total of 10 miles with 12 Class II rapids and 3 Class III rapids (Fowler’s Rock, Satan’s Sesspool and Hospital Bar). Our raft was the only one of the five with OARS that didn’t drop anyone overboard thanks to Colin’s expertise. The top photo was taken by photographers standing along one of the rapids. The bottom photo was taken on Jimmy’s new GoPro video camera especially designed for adventure sports, which he’d tied onto the front of the raft. Colin and Jimmy also took turns wearing it on their chests.