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Oct 11, 2015

Rafting
last update: 10/11 @ 17:49

One of Robert’s classmates put out a call for 6th graders who wanted to go rafting. Robert and I joined in. The take-out was at a Piney Run creek with a cool waterfall. This is Robert and Nathan (another of the 6th grade boys) checking the water temperature — COLD!

Topics: Potomac_River, Raft, School, Shenandoah_River, Trips
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Jul 18, 2013

Photos Posted
last update: 07/18 @ 17:26
I’ve finished up with posting the photos from our trip

Topics: Raft, Trips
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Too many photos
last update: 07/18 @ 17:26
I don’t expect to be able to post all the photos I’d like to in the trip report. Here’s one of Robert reading after getting up on river day 5.

Topics: Raft, Trips
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Hard Work, That Rafting…
last update: 07/18 @ 10:49
… so hard you may need to get a little shut eye on raft. At least until the next rapid sprays you with 48 degree water.

Topics: Raft, Trips
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Jul 17, 2013

New Toy
last update: 07/17 @ 11:34
We got a new toy for the trip, a Pentax underwater camera. This is in our Las Vegas pool before the trip. (The new toy also comes with a GPS receiver, which is cools but eats up batteries.)

I’m quite happy with it: I had two spare batteries and managed to not completely use up the last one before we got back to the grid (the raft company promised an option to charge but it was not working on our trip). I did get worried about having enough power left for Lava Falls so I was more conservative when I was down to the last battery and even turned off the GPS for a while (which I now regret as turning the lat-long into a Google Map is pretty easy).

Topics: Raft, Trips
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Jul 16, 2013

Back Again
last update: 07/16 @ 22:15
We’re back from a grand trip to the Grand Canyon — 7 days on the Colorado River. Everyone is back safe and sound. I’ve got 4 DVDs of photos to go through, I expect to post one or two of those (but later).

Topics: Raft, Trips
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