Limited pictures, but here are some commercial links. It seems a bit quirky as far as the URL taking you to the right place.? The link should take you to photo 93 of 129 on the 6/14/09 8:30 trip.
Another couple in our raft got permission to wear bicycle helmets instead of the clunky (and hot) yellow things so we did too.? This is the last series of rapids at the end of the day, but follow the pictures as we "ride the wave train".? The two people on the front are "trying to ride the bull".? The front paddlers moved back one row, and these two try to stay on the front tube with nothing but a rope to hang on to (the one guy never even quite got up there).? I am in the back seat (how appropriate, huh) and Lynn is two seats in front of me.? Notice the excellent synchronization of paddle positions on our side of the boat; hard to paddle effectively if each person is "doing their own thing".? The guide in the back calls when and how many strokes to paddle to get to where she wants to be, and sometimes calls one side or the other to back paddle as a way to quickly spin the boat.?
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/orderpage.aspx?pi=0GWN00GD000092&po=92If you have some extra time, go back to the vicinity of picture 25 on the 8:30 trip and watch someone from a different boat swimming (to use the word loosely) through the rapids.
After you finish the series above, click on the 9:15 trip and watch the first raft (after the kayaker). This series is not us, but is my favorite rapid.? This is only a Class 3 (most of the river is class 4 and 5) and is called "Surprise" and, as the first rapid you come to, it often is exactly that.? On a trip several years back I was paddling in the front, we went in a little bit sideways, and I got completely flushed out of the boat and flipped.? The photographer got a great picture of me in the spray with nothing but the blue soles of my tennis shoes visible in the top of the spray.? What a rush.? Normally "Surprise" is a drop with a single big wave.? This year it was less of a drop but with a series of about 5 standing waves.
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