41 Miles of Pure Paddling!
Monday morning we set off on a 40 mile canoe trip down the Gunnison River. We started in Delta and landed in Gunnison. This is first morning as we pushed off...lots of smiles and no sore muscles yet.

The first day on the river went really well...Alan and Julie flipped their canoe, another guy flipped his kayak but our boat stayed upright the entire time. That night we paddled up a little stream and slept on top of a waterfall. If you look just behind me in the picture you can see it. This is me first thing in the morning after sleeping under the moon, stars...and cottonwood trees which did wonders for my allergies!

We spent the entire trip moving through canyons...this is the early morning sun lighting up the Dominguez Canyon where we spent the night. We also hiked up from our campsite to a cascading waterfall...a good little pool for clif jumping but I was too chicken!

Julie and me at the bottom of the waterfall feeling good after 12 hours of sleeping...man, we look tough with our little green squirt guns! :)

Day 2 on the river with my boat partner, Josh. He was in charge of steering and did a good job except for the one time we ran into a boulder...and then there were a few times that the headwind took control of our boat and we were doing 360s in the river trying to get going straight again...let me tell you, paddling through a head wind is 100 times harder than peddling through one!

The second day was tough with all of the headwinds but we made it to the Grand Junction dam after 41 miles of paddling and a lot of crazy headwinds!