Floating the Logan River

While Michael and i were babysitting the twins we had fun throwing rocks into the river by our house and that sparked the idea in our head how fun it would be to float down the river.  So we mentioned the idea to Dan and LJ and then we planned it.  We choose a day and it just so happened to be the only overcast and colder day of the week but that didn't stop us.  The water was so dang cold but we still stuck it out. Oh man we had so much fun, laughing pretty much the whole way as people flipped out of the tubes and anticipation of the waves we could hear and the many comments by people along the banks of the river who watched us float down.  We also had many casualties along the way....Michael lost one of his favorite hats.....LJ lost one of Dan's shoes......I lost one of my flip-flops but we were able to retrieve it.......Dan lost his shirt, but again we were able to retrieve it.....and MY tube popped.  The majority of the river is super shallow, however I just so happen to pop my tube in a strong current and a part where you cannot touch.  I was swept away struggling to get up for air and getting quick breaths with a little bit of water as LJ is trying to catch up to me and Michael and Dan were to far away to really do anything but watch.  Luckily we hit shallow water not to far after I popped and was able to stand up and cough up a lot of the water.  We were also near the end and next to the trail.  So I jumped out and walked to the car while the rest floated down.  Needless to say I have a much better appreciation of the power of a river!  We all still had loads of fun but were severely cold as we waited for our tubes to loose it's air.  We then all came to our place drank hot chocolate and got into sweats and blankets trying to warm up. (picture below).

We had so much fun(really) that we wanted to do it again....this time we knew what to expect and were more prepared with the right shoes, with sticks and with life jackets. We also had some of our friends come us this weekend (Bryan and Lacey) so we decided to battle the river once again.  This time the river was higher(weird) and thus we went quite a bit faster(fun)   We had no casualties and only one person was dunked  even thought it should have been two...still don't know how Dan stayed on his tube...anyway we were still cold but not nearly as bad because the sun was out and we didn't get as wet as the first time.

We are planning on doing it again soon....if anyone wants to join....we might try a new river though...the anticipation of not knowing what is ahead adds quite a bit of excitement during the float :)