Rafting

Once a year Marty takes his employees and spouses of the employees on a trip. Last year he took them on a jet boat and this year he took them rafting. There were 9 of us total going on this rafting trip. We started off the morning at 6:45 getting Elizabeth ready for the babysitter and us ready for rafting. We met out near Steamboat for our ride with the guides to raft down the Umpqua. The water was really cold, but thankfully it was going to be in the 90's so then the water wouldn't seem so cold. We rafted about 6 miles before we stopped off for lunch and then hopped back into the boat for the next 7 miles. We ended up getting hung up on this rock and had to scramble for what they call the "hi-side." Essentially the right side of the boat went up the rock while the left side got pulled into the water. All 6, plus the guide, were climbing on this rock, on the right side of the boat to lift the left side out of the water. When we got that to happen and were all in the boat, we look and saw that we lost Marty. So Marty in now floating in the cold water while we are all in the boat. We couldn't catch up to him in enough time, so Marty had to float the next set of rapids on his back. I'm just glad that they made us wear life vests. We got Marty back into the boat, and he was fine, but all banged and scrapped up. He got a nice scratch on his left arm and a couple of nice bruises on his right elbow and shoulder. The rest of the trip went well and it was fun... I could have lived without Marty falling out of the boat.