Camp Bighorn Day 19 7/8/2010

Camp Bighorn Day 19 7/8/2010

Day two of our wilderness adventure trip began with devotions at 8:30 am. We went through the reading for the day in our devotional books. After devotions we all got our stuff packed up and ready to go. Then it was time for breakfast. We had blueberry muffins, fruit, yogurt, and hot cereal for breakfast. It was all great. After breakfast we gathered up the rest of our stuff, cleaned up the camp site, and piled into the vans to go rafting. The drive to our put in spot took about an hour. We were all very excited to go rafting. We rafted down the Alberton Gorge. This part of the trip was much more relaxing then the hike the day before. We used four rafts with five people in each raft. Everyone had a great time. We got on the river at around noon. Everyone else paddled the boats and I sat in the middle of my boat and took pictures of our adventure down the river. I did not want to paddle because I was not sure I could keep up with everyone else. That was ok with everyone. So I became the trip photographer. We started down the river and hit the first set of rapids pretty quickly. I had never rafted in really big rapids before. It was very exciting and nerve racking at the same time. Every time the water was quiet we would all gather up in our boats and someone would start a water fight. I got caught in the crossfire of every water fight because I was sitting in the middle of the boat. As we continued down the river through the rapids I got pummeled by at least three huge waves that came right over the top of the boat. I also got hit be waves on either side of the boat throughout the entire trip. There is something exhilarating about being hit by huge waves of ice cold river water. This whole trip was so much fun. On one of the last rapids we hit right before lunch, I got knocked backwards into the boat by a huge wave. I tried to maintain my balance, but I was not successful. The corner of the boat I was sitting in tipped up and I got thrown backward, the next thing I knew I was on my back at the bottom of the boat. Then I heard Andrea say, “We’ll get you up in a minute Sara.” I said I was ok and I just sat in the bottom of the boat for a minute. Then I found my way back to my seat. After that we stopped for some of the people in our group to go cliff jumping. When people finished cliff jumping we continued a little ways down the river and then stopped for lunch. We stopped for lunch at a small river creek. We all ate and rested on the beach for a while. After we rested a while it was time to finish the rafting trip. We switched up who was in each raft and headed back down the river. On the last part of the trip a huge water fight / war broke out between the four boats. I also got caught in the crossfire of this “battle”. People were jumping from boat to boat and trying to get others in the water or in other boats. I tired to stay out of the way of all of this. However, I got stepped on and one of the guys almost fell directly on me. It was fun to watch everyone attack each other with water. They all had lots of fun. I wanted to go swimming for a little bit so I got out of the way of everyone and jumped into the river and went swimming. I told my mom I would go swimming for her. After I was in the water a few minutes I was ready to get back in the boat. Andrea tried to pull me back into the boat by my arms two different times. My momentum was not quite right so that did not work. She pulled me up by my life jacket and got me back into the boat. It was great to get back into the boat after swimming in the river. We rafted a little farther until we got to the take out point. That whole rafting trip was really fun. We got all of the rafts out of the water and back on the trailer and headed back to camp for dinner. When we got to the camp site I got changed into some dry clothes. When dinner was ready we all gather to get something to eat. It was fun to eat and talk. We roasted marshmallows and had smores for dessert. They were great. I sat around the camp fire and talked for a while. Then we got the air mattress ready and I set up my bed. I was ready to rest. I went to bed around 10:30. I went to sleep thinking about what was in store for us the next day. More on that later…