We put on our swimsuits and headed up the river to the boat docking area with a raft and 2 tubs. Mark and I planned to raft down. Turns out the water wasn't TOO cold so I ended up tubing down most of the river after my arms got too tired of rowing with Mark.
When we got there, we realized we forgot the nozzle for the pump to blow up the raft extra. So while "Grandpa" Rao went back, we had some fun.
This is Mark getting really into his rowing...never mind the rocks that are under him rather than water. He was just getting hyped for the trip.
Breanne and Ian had to get in on the tough posing pictures as well. Although it's a good thing they weren't in the water at this point...Ian may have fallen out of the boat with as far as he was leaning!
Then they convinced me to get in on the action. So I stuck a pose...
After rafting through the bridge posts we were finally floating down the river. For some reason, we all had a song from Pocahontas come to mind as the river bended in all sorts of ways.
I believe this was right before they caught up to us and started hanging onto the raft while Mark and I worked hard to paddle. Moochers!
This picture was actually taken while Bre was in her tube. Notice the ziploc bag I was praying my camera would safely return to after this picture was taken.
Ian and Mark ended up rowing the raft most of time...well technically Ian. Somehow Mark convinced him he needed to focus on watching for icebergs/practicing his mermaid pose frequently found on the front of ships. Silly husband!
So off we went, tubing and rafting down this river. When I got tired of rafting, Ian and I swapped places and began my first tubing experience. Thinking of a great pose to strike, we caught up with the boys and tried to pose trying to show how relaxed we were on the slow moving river...but of course I lost my balance right as Ian snapped the photo.
This was more how I imagined. Yes, I'm wearing a life vest. Being 5'2" you can't always take a 6' tall person's opinion when they say the river isn't "that" deep. Here we are, 2 beauty queens relaxing on the river...this was about 2 hours before we realized that no sunblock was a bad idea.
Floating down the river was much more exhausting than we thought. And since some of us * cough myself * stayed up late, we caught a quick snooze before getting on the road. Of course before we could go, Ian's Grandpa had to make us one more delectable meal. He didn't just make us waffles, but also set the table with at least 5 different topping options and demanded we have more than just 2 pathetic toppings on a waffle. Such a funny man!
On the way back, we stopped in Rexburg to say goodbye to Alyssa and Stephen who left Saturday night (well Sunday morning at 2) for early morning church commitments. Ian, who was driving, was nice enough to make a stop by the temple and let me bask in the memories that flooded back from living there nearly 5 years ago. This temple was finished my last year there. I am in love with it.
The semester before I left I took a picture of this temple on a freezing sunny morning. I didn't really believe I'd be taking a picture with Mark who was then on a mission 4 years later happily married. Although it was a quick stop, it was great for Mark to see a small part of my life. One day we'll go up for a real visit!
Getting home was a bit painful. We were all tired, we left late and we were all trying to comfortably travel while feeling those first effects of sunburn. But despite the late night it was coming home, and the sunburns that all of us still have from the weekend, it was totally worth it. A weekend road trip with friends is just what we all needed before the end of summer. Especially for us as our lives will become a bit hectic in the weeks to follow. Stay tuned!
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