I’m catching up. A couple of weeks ago, a big group of my friends (including, for the first time, the wonderful and exciting Aaron and Jeannie) all went out for our annual river float down the Yakima River. The float is about 20 miles long and takes around 5 and half hours. We’ve been doing it for four years now and this year’s was the best since the first for a few reasons. We had a huge number of people (23) and boats (about 30) but we split into two flotillas which made manuevering much easier and also kept us from moving too fast. It was also really hot out, which is nice when you’re sitting on a river, literally, all day long.

There were no major mishaps this year (the first year we lost two our outlier float–called The AquaRocker–within 30 seconds when it caught on some trees and ripped free) and I only almost died once when I misjudeged the difference between the two flotillas and tried to swim much further than I actually can. It was a blessing when Matt (who can swim much better than me) reminded me that the one I had left was still just upriver of me.

Anyway, I’ve finally got the pics together and present them here for your viewing pleasure.

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