West Water

This last weekend we went down West Water. We went with Aaron again and a lot of other people. My dad, Tanner, Mike, and I went. We all had so much fun. Mike has done this stretch of river before, but it was the first time for the rest of us. West Water is just a one day trip. We went down Friday night and camped at the put in and got up early and went down the river. We got off around 4:00 pm. It is right down near Moab. This stretch of river is awesome because all of the big rapids are pretty much right together. You have a while of pretty chill water and then a good hour of just rapid after rapid. It was such a blast.

Mike and my dad in the ducky.

Mike and I in a cave. This cave is about half way down the river. I guess some robbers that robbed a bank in Green River hid out here back in the 60's. It is way cool cause a lot of their stuff is still in there. There are two beds set up and a table with lots of stuff on it and a fire place.

Mike and my dad coming out of a big hole in Skull Rapid.

One of the other boats, about to go into a big hole while hitting a wall.

Tanner jumped out of the boat and decided to swim a small rapid. He had so much fun.

Mike and my dad coming out of a rapid.

Scout

This is Scout! Scout is a Yorkie. We just got him last Friday from a lady in Alpine that breeds Yorkies. He is so chill but so fun. So full of life. We love having little Scout around.

Ladore Canyon River Trip

June 25- June 29, 2010

We went on a river trip this last weekend to Ladore Canyon. The Green River flows through Ladore Canyon and it is beautiful. We put in near Vernal. It took us four days. We had such a blast. We went through some crazy rapids. Lots of rocks through this canyon. The first big rapid was Disaster Falls. Michael and I were in a ducky. (a ducky is a two person inflatable raft) We started out and almost made it through upper Disaster Falls. Mike fell out when we turned side ways in a hole and got washed out. He quickly tried to redeem himself and got right back in the boat when we were spun backwards by the current. We were quickly coming to a big boulder in the water where the water hits and makes a large hole after. We came to the rock and quickly found that there was another ducky with Jeremy in it in the hole. We all panicked as we collided with one another and Michael and I were thrown out. I was quickly spit out from the hole and washed down the rest of lower Disaster Falls hitting every rock on my way down. Mike washed in the hole for a few seconds and was spit out just after me. Scary, but seriously so fun! It was good to get spit out and have this traumatic experience to boost your confidence in these scary rapids. It just showed me, going into this so nervously, that I could do it and be fine. This was the only time we fell out. The next day we went down Triplet Falls and Hell's Half Mile. So much fun! If you ever get an invite to do anything like this, do it! It was my first trip and I absolutely loved it! I really look forward to many more to come. We had such good company and made great new friends.

Camp

Butt Falls

Whisper Cave Hand Stands!

Whisper Cave- Narrow cave that goes back forever, gets more and more narrow. Who can go the farthest in?

We conquered Hell's Half Mile!

Scouting Hell's Half Mile

Beautiful Ladore Canyon

At the take out. Mike is being launched off of the bottom of the boat into the river.