If you stay to the left, you can go over it easy, but if you went in that hole, it would be bad. |
It brings in a lot of money, not just to the park but to surrounding restaurants and businesses. |
Of course it took me two runs before I realized that! I know God is everywhere, but it's so much easier to see him in this place because you see very little of man down there. |
That's fine until the guide gets stuck on a rock and you have to go around them. |
The first couple times you run a rapid, it is over so quickly. Then, one day, everything just slows down and you can see the water and move your boat accordingly — it's a cool thing. |
They've been ready for more than a year, but their mamma wasn't. It was hard to wait, but now they can go down without freezing up and it's so much more enjoyable. We joke about it, but in reality, their mom was very comfortable with them coming out here today. |
This has been way more special today. My biggest worry was that I might lead them the wrong way, but the truth is, they are better than me now and didn't give me a thing to worry about. |
You have to paddle with the river, not beat it. You can't beat it! It's moving 1,000 pound rocks down the river with ease. |