Rafting on the Colorado River

Today was an awesome, awesome day!!!!  We booked a tour, because we have no vehicle to tour ourselves :( , and chose a white water rafting trip down the Colorado River!  Now, there was not as much white water as we would have liked as the river is fairly low right now, but there were a few rapids - just right for the kids' first experience!!  This river has eroded out a huge valley so we were surrounded by towering mesas and interesting rock formations.  We all spent some time in the river, letting it float us down, along with the boat.

We stopped at an open spot for a picnic lunch, which was really good - even Sean got enough to eat!! 

There were three other kids on the boat (from Germany and Switzerland) and so the guide played a game with them sort of like our surfboard game we play at the lake.  One kid stood up on either end of the raft and he spun it in a circle.  First one to fall in the river was the loser!  

There was not very much wildlife to see (just a heron), but the scenery was 
spectacular, the day was hot, and the water was great!  Our guide was a very personable young man from New York with great arm muscles!!! (David never reads my blogs so I guess I can just say it like it is!!)

This was an fantastic adventure to add to the MacGregor list!