Rollin' on a river....the mighty Colorado

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Cassidy's Corner

Well today I did actually get to sleep in. We had breakfast down stairs. I had the same thing as I had all the other days. We had to leave hotel around the hour 11:00. The river rafting company came to pick us up and we hopped in the van and were off. When we arrived, we got our life jackets and some shoes that you can wear when you are on the raft. Then we had to take a bus to the river to get the rafts out and put them in the river. When we reached to river we had to wait till all the paddles were put in and the raft was ready. While we were waiting I was making my life jacket looser so I could actually breathe and take a deep breath! When the rafts were ready we hopped in and took our seats on the edge of the raft while the guide was introducing herself; her name was Alisa. She was very nice and kind. When we headed off down the river we all had to introduce ourselves, and tell something interesting about us. My interesting thing is that I am in gymnastics. We had to go through a few rapids, but they were not that bad. When we reached the place where we were going to have a tasty lunch, I had a turkey sandwich. One of the other guides challenged me to a handstand contest. After I was done eating my lunch I went to practice my handstands. Then it was time for the challenge. I won the first round, then I lost the second one but I won the third round and so I won the whole thing. I had to go against the other guide who they call the world champion. She won that challenge but only by a second. Then off we went on the raft again. We went through about three more rapids and I got splashed big time on one of them. Then a couple of people went swimming. We reached the area where they took the rafts out. They loaded the rafts while we went swimming....... well not me, the water is like in the 50s. We took the bus back to the hotel. We changed out of our bathing suites and back into clothes and we went out to eat. I had some chicken tenders and some ice cream. We headed back to the hotel, then rested by the pool and went to the playground. Well I need some rest so, I hoped you enjoyed!

Tyler's Tales

So today was a pretty long day. In the morning I woke up and had a french toast breakfast. After that we were on our way to white water rafting - that was pretty fun. Our guide's name was Alisa and she was cool. We started off with some pretty calm waters and came upon some rough rapids, well not that bad actually. The build up was worse than the actual ride. After we got by that part it was a pretty easy going ride. We stopped for lunch and I had a Ham and Cheese sandwich. Cassidy won the handstand competition against one of the guides and then lost by a split second to a girl guide. After lunch we headed down the river to our drop point and went to the beach. Papa & I took a swim, have you ever been to Rhode Island in March? Well, the water was cold and I couldn't feel my body. After the bus ride home we stayed at the hotel for a little and then we were off again. We went to the mountain bike place to check the times for tomorrow and then back to the place where we got the hummer tour. Brad dont get mad (haha)...you will anyways. Last night when we were leaving the hummer place, the silver camera slipped out of my pocket and the hummer ran over it. Turns out it's a very durable camera. After that we went off to dinner where I had a wrap that was ok, and some ice cream for dessert. We came back here and hung around the pool and the room. But now I'm tired and going to bed. Night.




Captain's Log
Up at 6 this morning to wash a large load of clothes. Good to go again. We had a big breakfast and were picked up by the river outfitter, Adrift Adventures. There were about 40 others in the group for the 1/2 day of rafting on the Colorado River, including a large contingent of Boy Scouts from the Salt Lake area who were on a week long High Adventure Trip. The scenery was spectacular along the river which cut through 1000' high red sandstone canyon walls. We stopped halfway into the ride for a surprisingly tasty buffet lunch on a sandy beach. We had 4 boats in the group. There were 7 people in our raft plus our Guide, Alisa who is spending her first summer in Moab as a river guide. She was very upbeat and friendly and was quite adept at maneuvering the raft. Picking her way carefully through the rapids, we hardly got wet at all. A few of us took a turn at the helm and I was surprised at how heavy the oars were. Alisa spends her winters teaching snowboarding near Salt Lake. What a life! I think Cassidy was in awe and, when a bit older, may become a river guide during the summers when not at work teaching her second graders. Well, maybe. After some down time back at the Aarchway Inn, we hopped in the car and drove back to the Hummer place to retrieve the pieces of Tyler's camera which had apparently lost a stress test to the Hummer sometime last night. We had a nice dinner at the Moab Brewery before heading back to the Aarchway. Tomorrow is our last day in Moab and Tyler and I are planning to go mountain biking at Klondike Bluffs. Later, we take a Ranger guided walk in Arches NP at Fiery Furnace.