White Water Snake

Saturday morning found us having breakfast at The Bunnery before our white water rafting adventure on the Snake River. We had SO much fun.

We were eight plus our guide in a raft. And with this group you can have nothing but fun and laughter! Kathy and Mary wasted no time in claiming the back of the boat because it was supposed to be the driest place to sit. John and Paul got the bow which got the most water. We were all supposed to paddle at the same time as our bowman but they struggled keeping together and with any kind of regular pace so Mary counted " one, two, one, two". It didn't help much because John wasn't wearing his hearing aides!

Just before one set of rapids the guide asked if anyone wanted to 'ride the bull'. This involved sitting on the bow with your feet in the water while hanging on to two handles. Paul volunteered. He fell back into the boat before we even got to the rapids! John hoisted him back up then three seconds into the rapids he fell back into the boat where he took the rapids and the resulting splashes laying down! The rest of us were laughing so hard we could not paddle! I suspect that our guide had one of his best days ever!

We saw several ospreys and a couple of juvenile eagles but the bald eagle was the show off because he flew across our bow twice. What a magnificent bird!

Immediately following lunch we rode the tram to the top of Jackson Hole Ski area for a fantastic view of the valley followed by beers at The Mangy Moose.

Two of the five couples headed for home today so there were only three couples for dinner at The Snake River Grill. We started with a pizza and ended with donuts and this was an elegant restaurant! I guess I better clarify that the pizza was a steak tartar pizza and the donuts were home made and served with three dipping sauces that were devine! In between we had very good entrees of lamb, steak, scallops and pork.