Sink or Swim...

I've spent more time in/around water this summer than any other summer I can remember. And I've totally loved it!

Sometime last month (yeah, yeah, I'm way behind on blogging, tell me something I don't know), I went with my singles branch to float the river at Lava, and it was dang fun!

Our first run (wherein I fell in,
banged my head on a rock, and scraped
the heck out of my thumb).
Beth, Gina, Jill

The "raging river of death!"

*please don't die, please don't die, please don't die*

Me and my new friend Ian

Here we have Carl nearing the scariest point in the river.

Here we see Carl falling into the scariest part of the river.

Hiya, Jami!

Getting out: this proved to be somewhat scary
because I could never get over to the right side of the river
and I had to travail across the deep part in the middle...

LUNCHTIME!
Brooker, Gina, Jami, Brookie, Kylee

Superman-ing it...

There were a few injuries sustained on the river, including:

Dave's knee got sliced a bit.
(Totally needed stitches afterward)

Jeff's back got scraped up

And my thumb took a beating.

I've floated the river in Lava a handful of times, and I always seem to forget how dang much fun it is. Every single time, I forget!

Thanks to Brooker and Keri for sharing their pictures!