A Sail on the American River

On Labor Day I went rafting with most of Brooke's family on the South Fork of the American River. Now for a pinniped like myself, immersion in water is of course completely natural, so this trip was heaps of fun! We traversed about 9 miles of the river over a period of about three hours. There were a number of class III rapids, nothing deadly but certainly enough to get your attention, as these pictures show.


Notice our guide, Ravi, in the back of the raft; he's obviously been down this stretch of the river many times so to keep himself entertained, he's not using any hands or paddles to keep himself in the raft. The rest of us are just hangin' on.

















Here, your correspondent and his friends are momentarily submerged. Only Ravi remains above water, expertly navigating us thru the perils of the rapids.