The Official End of Summer

Last weekend, we celebrated the "official end of summer"-- our annual raft trip with the Incredi-Lodges on the Deschutes River out of Maupin.

We brought some new kids to the group this year, Ryan and Dacia, and also had plenty of fun with the usual crowd-- Geoff, Julia, Katie, Emily, Kendra, Darci, Kathryn and Steve.  Here's our trip by the numbers:

Days on the river:  3

Rafts:  1

Rafters over the course of the weekend: 14

Brats consumed:  a bunch

Beers consumed:  a whole lot

Games of Blongo played: 4?

Times Julia floated through the Elevator rapid:  about 30

Number of rafters we lost from the boat:  only 2!

Times we rafted through Oak Springs rapid:  6

People we saw wearing socks, on the river, with their sandals:  1 (which is probably one too many)

B hopped out on one of the trips down and got these great shots of us going through Oak Springs:

The Crew:  Ryan, Katie, Julia, Emily, me, Dacia, Darci & Geoff, our fearless leader.

Raft babes!  Katie, Dacia, me, Kendra & Julia on Day 3.

So, summer is on it's way out, but September is just getting fired up.  Were you aware that September is the greatest month in the world?  It is perfection.  Warm days, cool nights, Husker football.  Ahh, yes, September, how we love thee.