We went on a raft trip down the Colorado river today. First we got in an old Bluebird bus pulling the raft on a trailer, and drove the narrow winding route that goes up the valley - it was rather slow going as the Century bike tour was starting out and our driver had to pass cyclists on the road (no shoulder or bike path). We made it the 26 miles upstream from Moab and got the raft in the water.
The river is fairly low at this time of year, but we still had some level I and II rapids. At one spot we jumped in for a swim, which was wonderful since it was so hot (the high has been 97 - 99 degrees F. each day so far). We saw buttes and red rock formations, canyon walls and heard stories from our guide about those jeep and car commercials they film from helicopters. It was a really good trip.
This evening we went to a free program in town; musician Hal Cannon showed a 16 minute version of his documentary Why the Cowboy Sings, then played the guitar, mandola and harmonica, sang and told stories of collecting old cowboy songs. He's associated with the
Western Folklife Center. We really enjoyed his toe tapping music.
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