Thursday, July 23, 2015

A former raft guide's daughter

So about 29 years ago ish my dad was my age.
The ripe young age of 21.
And get this if you didn't guess from the title.
He was a raft guide on the weekends.

Now if you have ever had Jack Martin as a teacher you might not know this but my dad and him used to be old raft buddies.
All their adventures and crazy raft trips they did.
The bus shenanigans.
My mom went ONCE and was not amused with the rafting life style. She must have been OK at least with it because they had only met less than a year before that and then ended up getting married so it must have been half way descent.

There's a picture of my dad I remember clearly from around that time.
First off, he had a full head of hair.
Shocking.
Second, he was wearing those lovely little 80's cut off jean shorts.
And he was the typical raft guide of built and tanned from the sun.

I hope to god those shorts never come back.

But this summer i'm working at a rafting company and I have never been rafting before in my life.
I know crazy.

But I went for the first time the other day.
And it was AMAZING!
I wasn't too sure what to think about it because I had never been and I was going on the mild trip so what was going to happen really.
Well first two older ladies and a family adopted me into their group.
Good start.
And then I had the most friendly girl guide named Lee.
Who was just the epitome of awkward and adorable.

And we had so much fun together.
I jumped out of the raft and swam around a little at a calm part.
I paddled with the rest of my crew.
I laughed and splashed the other boats.

And I came out a little singed from the sun but overall it was a very satisfying day of adventure.
And I went through my first class 3 rapid.

So yes I do have a little bit of that raft guide gene in me I guess.
Adventure, water, rapid, the sun.
All great things.
But all I know is that I have this thirst to go again.

1 comment:

  1. Yes you are that raft guides daughter and so much more. You are so spontaneous and fun. Love you.

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