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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Rafting on the Kern

My friend Joel Lofton is getting married in July. This weekend, six of my oldest friends (since Jr. High) and I went on a rafting adventure on the Kern River in California. This was definitely a top 10 event for all of us. The best part of the adventure was when we got high-sided on a huge boulder and the raft went completely upside down and dumped all of us. We got to ride IN the river for a few hundred yards while the guide got the raft back upright and we all climbed back in.

The pictures above are from our 3rd run down the river. Each time we ran the river, we rotated positions in the raft so we each got to experience the front, middle, and back of the boat. We flipped on our second run - when I was in the front.

If you ever get a chance to go rafting, I highly recommend it.

5 Comments:

  • O. M. G!!! Those pics are awesome! They arae so great enlarged! The facial expressions are classic! My big brother is the one grinning ear to ear while all the others painc for their lives! Email me who is who...I see you, Greg, Joel & Don...but can't tell the rest! AWESOME JEFFY! I'll only go if you come with me. :) xo

    By Blogger Lilwrig, At May 18, 2008 9:09 PM  

  • Fantastic Pictures!

    Let's see, river rafting...count me OUT! I can hardly canoe anymore.

    I am most impressed with the guy/girl taking the pictures! Riding along side you guys and staying still enough to snap a picture looks like accomplishment.

    By Blogger DADO, At May 19, 2008 6:07 AM  

  • Lynda passes on rafting too. She says it is something she would have liked to do twenty years ago. (Me, I pass twenty years ago too.)

    We wonder why Jen would raft if Jeff went with her.
    It sounds like he was at the helm when they broadsided the bolder. I am thinking . . . The Titantic.

    By Blogger DADO, At May 19, 2008 7:51 AM  

  • Pictures taken from the shore..

    I told everyone when we started. If someone doesn't go in the water today, it means we're not trying hard enough. Since EVERYONE went in the water, I guess we did it right.

    By Blogger Jeff, At May 19, 2008 7:55 AM  

  • Awesome is indeed the word. GREAT pictures. What an adventure.

    By Blogger FAN, At May 19, 2008 8:34 AM  

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