We had to do one last big fun adventure with Kristin and Neal before they moved. In all the 5 years they have lived here in California with us we have never taken them river rafting down the American River with Mark as our river guide. So we talked them into it, arranged babysitters for the kids, got a few extra friends to come with us and we were off for an adventure! Neal's mom Rodna, Kevin Anderson and daughter Caitlin and dear friend Kate all joined us for the fun and boy was it one CRAZY ride down that river!! The mountains had so much snow this year that the runoff into the rivers and lakes is amazing and Mark said he has never seen the river as high as it was and running as fast as it was. I got a little scared at that point and even more scared as we hit our first major rapids and nearly folded in half. Thank goodness no one fell out and our boat never capsized...I consider us pretty lucky. All-in-all it was quite a thrilling adventure and I'm pretty sure everyone ended up having a great time! It was super fun having Kristin and Neal and our fun friends join us for the crazy adventure ride down the river!!
Caitlin and Kate- These girls are a blast!!
The girls. Before we put in.
After the crazy rapids at the end of the river... it slows way down until the lake and we pretty much just relax and enjoy the sunshine and row ourselves in at this point! My favorite part :)
Our HOT river guide :)...oh wait that's my husband!
sisters :)
Rodna and Neal
Kevin and Caitlin
Love this girl!! Thanks Kate and Caitlin for coming and making our trip so much fun!! (yes Kate does have a swimsuit on)
Love this girl!! Thanks Kate and Caitlin for coming and making our trip so much fun!! (yes Kate does have a swimsuit on)
4 comments:
That looks SO fun! Btw, I got your text, but couldn't text back at that moment and then forgot. Amber had told me that Kristin was moving out here. We move in August (the 12th). I hope I get to see her before I go!!! Miss you!
Can't believe how many great pictures you took! I am definitely going to steal them all and copy and paste your blog post to save me some time because DITTO! It was a super fun blast and I am so glad we got to do it before we left! In the middle of all our moving chaos, it was exactly what we needed! And one more adventure with the Stacys too! What a ride, thanks Kari and especially Mark, our CUrAZY guide! We really had an amazing time!
That looks like such a fun time!! So many fun things to do in California!!
Awe, this is making me heart hurt, it's so sad that they are really gone. I AM so glad that you guys got to do this before they left...how fun! Awesome pictures Kari!
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