Yesterday was a whirl wind day.   We moved from Cherry Creek Campground in Aurora to Indian Paintbrush Campground in Bear Creek Lake Park  in Lakeland, CO.   After getting settled,  we drove to Denver International Airport and picked up son,  Richie,  16 year old grandsn, Rowan and 14 year old grandson, Ricky.

Today we had a BLAST!  We went rafting on Clear Creek in Idaho Springs,  Colorado.    Our guide, Marcos, was fabulous.  He worked his butt off and kept us all safe.  I think we may have surprised him a little with how quickly we all caught on and how well we worked as a team.  There were other rafters that ended up in the 40 degree water,  but not us!    We didn’t get back to shore dry,  but we were unscathed and smiling like crazy.   Below we are conquering “Superman” a  category 4 rapid.   Superman likes to send rafters flying through the air!

This four hour adventure was fantastic from start to finish.  Clear Creek Rating Company in Idaho Springs, CO is a first class business.   The entire staff is friendly, helpful and very  professional.   The price was more than right.   $57 per person included a helmet,  wet suit, jacket,  PFD,  four hours of great fun and a photo CD.  The icing on the cake was our guide, Marcos.   He was not only very skilled,  but friendly,  informative and he was not one bit hard on the eyes 🙂

Tomorrow I am up at 3:40 a.m. with Richie.  I will drop him off at the shuttle pick up for his next marathon adventure.  The shuttle will take him up 11 miles on Squaw Path in the Rockies to the starting line.  He is guaranteed his most scenic marathon to date.