Down the Mighty Colorado River

We awoke to a beautiful sunny morning, that's how it is supposed to be in life.  I puttered around the motorhome until we were ready to go.  I still wake up to a "To Do" list but now days it's a short mental list because I don't have that much to get done.  It was a relaxing morning with all the windows and door open.

We were off to our river rafting adventure around 10:30.  We were shuttled in a van to the "put in" point on the Colorado River.  The drive up through the canyons was amazing and we will be driving back through this area again soon.

Beginning our float trip in the bright sunshine.

We were in a rubber raft that had a total of 10 people plus the guide who did all the rowing.  The group was from all corners of the country.  We enjoyed talking with all of them.

Chris rowing us all down the Colorado River.

A small marker along the river.  I did not stack this pile of rocks.

We floated for about an hour and a half before beaching the raft to have lunch on a sandy beach.  Our guide laid out a nice buffet lunch and we all made our own wraps and sandwiches.  There were plenty of large rocks to choose from as our seating. 

A nice backdrop for a lunch.

We enjoyed several rapids and were both soaked several times over.  Terri managed to be the wettest person in the raft, guess she's just lucky.



Happy campers.

The walls of this canyon looked dark blue against the red rocks.

At our final take out point for the trip.  Looking down river through more canyons.

We really enjoyed our nice warm day on the river.  We both are happy that the government shutdown caused us to consider different options for our time here.

Tomorrow we will be doing some sightseeing and hiking in areas not in the park.  The places we are going usually don't get as much use but they receive great reviews as areas outside the National Parks boundaries.

The digital thermometer had a high reading of 105 degrees when we got home today.  I know that is not an accurate reading and the sun must have been shining on the digital reader, but still it was in the 80's for sure.

All is well with us and we are having a fine time being retired.  Life is good.