Whitewater and Slogging

So I have been a slogger lately! As others have noted about my prolific blogging habits, one week without blogging for me is very uncharacteristic! I will try to make up for it with a post.

I survived my first whitewater rafting trip last weekend! :-) Friday afternoon, I joined a handful of other PBC-ers and embarked on a five-hour car ride up to the American River. Along the way, we played "two truths and a lie" and "convergence" for a REALLY long time before reaching the River Inn where we stopped for dinner. The highlight of the drive - the one-man guitar-playing singer at the restaurant who had a crazy mullet going on. It was definitely business in the front, party in the back. Our campsite was really nice - the rafting company we went with had the site set up with tents and sleeping mats. I slept like a rock. I was so comfortable. Next time I camp, I'm TOTALLY going to get one of those foam pads.

Our day of rafting commenced early Saturday morning with a van ride over to Middle Fork. Our guide, John, was a twenty-one year old recent graduate from Chico. He told us stories of almost getting killed rafting and how to escape from a vortex of water. Whee! On the first half of the day, I sat in the middle right of the raft. The water was FREEZING. Chi, who sat with Matt in the front of the boat, was the screamer. Barbara and I shared the middle section. I was also a big screamer. Joyce and Patricia sat in the back. They were quiet and calm. The best ride of the day was "tunnel shoot." It was a class 4/class 5 rapid and the boat just rode a tunnel of water down as buckets and buckets of water from all sides poured into the boat. We couldn't see a thing and clung to the middle of the boat and each other.

Other than that, it's been a busy week back at work. This is my last full week (more nostalgic blogging to come next week whence I leave for good), so I've had some busy-bee days. Besides getting work things squared away, I've also been trying to take full advantage of work benefits before I hand in my badge. *tear. That means, chair massages, snacks, espresso machine, gym, breakfast/lunch/dinner privileges must be used NOW. Heehee. Okay, that's it for now, I'll post more later.