Monday, July 28, 2008

Rafting the Rogue: The First Time

We began July with a float on the Rogue River in Oregon. The crew included the famously whacky Marty . . .

. . . and his lovely girlfriend, Susan.

Also along for the ride was the permit king, Marshall, his wife Lisa, their daughter Helen, and her friend Nina.

Not to be forgotten is Tim, our new A-list kayaker buddy.

And of course, Larry and Janene, posing here in front of Zane Grey's cabin on the Rogue where he wrote westerns in the early 1900's.


Everyone liked to do different things.

Larry liked to study and discuss the maps.

Lisa and Marshall liked to discuss the importance of proper life jacket fit.

Helen and Nina liked to stay up late playing cards, using Tim's kayak for a scorecard.

Marty rowed like a mad man . . .

. . . and ate like a madman.

Tim discovered that turtles could be caught by using an upstream approach.

And Marshall, Marty, and Tim did handstands to keep things lively.

In the end, we all agreed that if your legs didn't look like this . . .

. . . and your hair like this . . .

. . . you weren't having enough fun.