Water Adventures

White water, a raft out-of-control, and a water rescue!  All this was a part of our trip down the Colorado River.  Well…the white water was really limited to a very few places. The out-of-control raft was when the tour guide purposely shut off the motor and allowed the raft to move under the current while she told stories about the area.  The water rescue was when someone’s hat flew off.  One of the tall guys was able to reach over the side and grab it after a few attempts.  It was a fun day.

We took a local raft tour from the Glen Canyon down to Lee’s Ferry.  After this point the river enters Grand Canyon.  I’d love if we had booked a week long raft trip for $3,000+ per person last year (the typical wait time), but instead the half day trip was educational, relaxing, and fun. 

Yesterday during the dam tour we met a couple who stayed right beside us at the RV park.  We mentioned we were going on the raft today.  They ended up signing up for the same trip.  It was neat to have another couple that we knew.

Our guide was really good with stories, bird identification (blue heron in the picture), water use, plant and environment discussion, and even poetry.  We had fun yelling up to the people above at horseshoe bend.  A highlight of the trip was seeing wild horses along the river.  Apparently our guide had never seen so many (8 or so) at one time.  Even seeing one was fairly rare.