A Day on the River

Just before school started, a group of us went rafting for our last day of summer freedom. It was great to spend time with everybody outside of school. It turns out that I work with some very fun people... who would of thought? We started from Camp Lotus and ended eleven miles down the river at Salmon Falls Bridge. The trip was such a hit that we are looking forward to going again next year!

Rick working hard to inflate our raft.

Jim and I before we left... He is a great special ed. teacher, and an even better river rafting guide. It's nice to have such expertise on staff!!!

Lorrie and I taking a break... and we hadn't even left yet.

Rick and Linda smiling because they will soon be returning back to work to train a whole new group of lost pups...

One disappointment of the day was our principal could not make the trip as planned. Jim drew an uncanny likeness of Ralph on the bailing bucket. As Ralph said "He was full of it all day long". At least he wore his life jacket. Safety first of course. The rafters beside us at lunch thought we were a little insane posing with a bucket until we explained we're teachers. That seemed to put everything in perspective for all the bystanders.

The group... left to right- Lorrie, "Ralph", Janice, Jim, Rick, Janie, Kim, Linda, Stephen, Sharee, Scott (our other awesome guide), and Dina