We celebrated the Fourth by taking our maiden voyage through Brown's Canyon. For those who are unfamiliar, Brown's is the most rafted section of whitewater in the US. Needless to say, it was quite busy that weekend. We left Denver Friday morning; Aaron happily drove us to Buena Vista, where we hung out at the whitewater park for a few hours.
Saturday morning we headed to our put in. Because Amy and I were unable to raft through Brown's with the little ones on the way, the group agreed to put in higher so we could raft for the first part. Here's a shot of our boat going through the Milk Run.
Amy and I got out where we stopped for lunch. Before leaving everyone else, we were able to get a group shot. I think we were successful in being the most patriotic group on the Arkansas that day.
According to some rafting books we have, and locals near the Arkansas, Zume Flume is the most well known rapid in the US. It's also the most technical. Nonetheless, everyone decided it would be best to put all 12 people and two dogs into one boat to go through the rapid. (Mind you, these boats are meant for 3 people). They somehow made it through without a flip.
We then hiked back up to go through again in our own boats. Here's some pictures of Aaron and Brent going through Zume Flume.
To continue with tradition, we drove into Salida that night to watch the fireworks. So sums up our celebration of the Nation!
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