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MARDI MAACK'S DESOLATION CANYON RAFTING TRIP June 14-20, 2010 Photo by Robert Ging <strong>The</strong> kids, Dave and Jessica, hauling all of the gear. Maybe we should have explained how to row before turning them loose. I decided I was going to give the river board a try once we got to moderate rapids. This was not just any river board, but an inflatable river board with a leak in it. That didn’t deter me, or the fact that it was windy and gusting to 50 mph didn’t deter me either. I jumped in the water, paddled and kicked to line up for each rapid, then paddled and kicked into an eddy to wait for the big boats which were getting blown upstream by the wind, then paddled and kicked back out into the rapids. Oh yeah, somewhere in between rapids I re-inflated the board on the fly. I must have swum 10 miles that day which deterred me from using the river board the next day. It was great fun but tiring on such a wide river. <strong>The</strong> group had one “eventful” day with a few swimmers who shall remain nameless since they claim they have a reputation to uphold. Other than that and the one extremely windy day, it was a great trip and time well spent with my daughter. By Robert Ging We had quite a variety of boats on this trip, two catarafts, one raft, two duckies, one homemade hard shell kayak, one whitewater canoe and an attempt at using a river board. We had nine people total, ranging from our elder statesman at 70 something years old with his homemade kayak, down to a couple of 18 year-old teenagers that piloted the party barge which carried most of our gear. Isn’t that what you are supposed to do, give the dirty jobs to the kids? We also made them carry the groover, garbage and do the dishes. If you want to rent them for your rafting trip, I’m sure we can work out a deal. Nice flippers, eh? Photo by Fred Schubert Robert in his river board outfit 32
James and Linda at the bottom of Joe Hutch rapid Fred having a good time Photo by Rob Partridge Photo by Rob Partridge Our fearless leader, Mardi, hitting a wave. Photo by Rob Partridge Rob, Ernie, and Mardi discussing strategy. I think she is saying, “Keep your head above water line”. Photo by Robert Ging 33
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