Sunday rafting

I'm going to write this, hopefully it will post, if not I'll post it tonight.
So... Sunday was devoted to rafting, seems like two thirds of the Griffiths had the same idea, just different rivers. Mine was the Rogue River, I have to look at a map but the shop was in merlin, they took me to galice where we continued down the river.
In my usual style I called that morning to see if there was room for me. The company had been recommended to me the day before on my wine trek. They did have room for me on the half day trip, perfect. Well.... Not that I'm prejudiced at all, but when I got there I found out it was a group of 16 Indians(?) and me. Uh oh, they were having a great time together getting ready, loud and in a language I didn't understand. I was there for the experience right, so no problem. Thankfully when we got off the shuttle he owner stopped me and the guides and said he was putting me on the raft that had started out that morning Nd we were joining up with. It was a family with three rowdy boys, and an older couple, I fit in perfectly. The guide, Richard, was great he joked with the boys, even dumped them a time or two. I could have taken a turn in the single kayak but I really didn't feel like having to think too much. Rafting was fun, a lazy ride down the river punctuated by minutes of thrilling white water. The large group, as predicted, had a great time with water fights the whole time. They did a lot more paddling then we did, which a guide at lunch said was actually a problem because the weren't on sync and he couldn't row. Guides had oars, we had paddles :) when we got close to the end Richard made some lasting memories for the boys and me by "eddying out" in the middle of some rapids so we could water gun attack the other boats. After he let them get way ahead of us he pulled over and let them rock jump, asking how we felt about rules and regulations. The bravest I got was to float for a bit outside the raft, purposefully, I didn't fall out. That water was breathtakingly cold! Wow!
A good day :$
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