We owned the Colorado River !!!  No doubt Josh, Chris, & Paul will tell their own stories and post their own pics, so I won't steal their thunder.  But, in a word ... AWSOME !!!

Forget everything you know about white water rafting.  Think Cataract Canyon, Utah ... 3 of the top 10 rapids in the US ... any time of year ... and the best overall set in the nation at this time .... think 5 days .... ~95 total miles travelled, ~80 miles paddled by hand in kayaks ... think 15 foot toe-to-crest waves ... think bodies flying everywhere ... think think think think ....

What a ride !!! wave after wave ... Class II, Class III, Class IV, Class V ... and two Class VIs that HAD TO BE AVOIDED.  Often times, we were navigating between "certain capsize" on the left and right to "likely capsize" in the middle.

To say we got wet was an understatement ... nothing was left dry.

To say we got thrown around is a joke ... Josh and Chris were airborne more than once.

Think ... small rubber ducky (kayak) being drenched, beaten, thrown by waves ... 8, 10, 12, 15 foot high ... nowhere to run, nowhere to hide ... capsizing was nearly certain many times ... with only sheer determination, strength, and heading straight into the "enemy" as the only possible chance of survival.

Who went over and who didn't?  I'll never tell ... but it wasn't me.  Be watching the sites of Josh, Chris, and Paul ... "for the rest of the story".

What was the best part? .... being with my sons.  What was the funniest part? ... watching Josh/Chris fly without wings. What was the saddest part? ... having to say good-bye, once again.