July 25th "Riding Bodacious"

We got a little crazy with the help our new friend Andy. Andy was our most excellent white water guide. (Thank You Keanu) Oh and you had better believe he was everything a crazy guy named Andy would be. Crazy in a good way but crazy none the less. We rafted the Deschutes river in Oregon. We referred to the Imperial River Co. They where top notch all the way. Well worth the expenditure of funds (which was not nearly as much as I thought it was going to be -kathy). We did roughly 18 miles with a great bunch of people. We had a couple from Chicago and a grandmother daughter combo from Jersey. Everyone was really into it and got swamped. Kathy and I swam through one set of rapids and both got the chance to ride BULL (when you sit on the front of the boat and have a small one foot rope to hang onto). Thats what's going on in the picture of me(Josh).
The only drawback was that it was a two hour drive to get to the place. This required the getting up at the early hour of six am. Anyone that knows either one of us knows we may have been a little cranky with each other. It also sent me into a angry tirade on the general crappyness of the Bend expressway system. Luckily we realized that the best thing to do was to sit and be quiet. Few words were said before 8:30 am. As I type this we are now making the two hour drive back into Bend. We are going to a supposedly killer burrito joint called Longboard Louieis. I will update tomorrow on this rumor of killerness. (it's true! the killerness exists. I think Josh is picking up west coast slang? He picked up a North Dakota'ian accent...)

It was nice to be on the Deschutes River again, it's a trip I've done before. It was a fantastic little break for both of us, since we've been getting worn out by the camping/hiking grind. The drive wasn't really all that bad. I saw a river otter! It was cute! Then I saw a group of ducks on a log and announced there were more river otters. Quite loudly and enthusiastically. Every animal from then on was a river otter. Inanimate objects as well. It was a good trip, we are sunburned (hopefully not too badly) and tired. Longboard Louie's will hopefully be as good as I remember it. Heck, it's been there for at least ten years, it can't be bad right?
-kathy