Friday, 28 September 2012

Whitewater fun

Today we drove to a small town called Coloma. It is in the Sierra Nevada hills and is where gold was discovered in California in 1848. (hope you all enjoyed the history lesson).

The real purpose was for Ian and the boys to go white water rafting down the American river. I stayed back at the spot where they started and had a leisurely afternoon sitting under the trees on the bank of the river reading my book. The boys had an action packed afternoon on the water in class 2 and 3 rapids. They had a ball.

We have some amazing photographs of them on the river because there is a photography company that takes photos of all rafts as they travel along the river. I think we have about 60 photos - the boys faces are a glow with excitement.

So now we are in Placerville and tomorrow we are off to Yosemite. Woo hoo!

1 comment:

  1. Hi,

    Just getting myself up to date on your blogs. Sounds like you are having a great time. I can remember the first few days can be a bit foggy with jet-lag (and wanting to sleep late!). The gum wall sounds gross, but interesting, and totally agree about Venice beach - the people there are almost from another planet!! Mary

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