Camping in Buena Vista - Day 2, Part 1 of 3

On the second day, we planned to head to Noah's Ark and raft Brown's Canyon.  With our friends Josh and Andrea both having been former raft guides, they were able to borrow a raft and we tagged onto the tail end of a group going.  The kids had never been rafting before and were obviously psyched to get out on the river!  The four little people featured in these pictures are Gage, Caleb, Haley and Gavin.  

How adorable (and safe) are these four in their little life jackets?!  They really had a great time on this adventure, as did we adults!  It was so fun to see Josh in his element, and even Andrea got back in the saddle for the last rapid and blew me away with her mad guiding skills. 

Josh made it look like it was just yesterday that he was a Noah's Ark raft guide, and it's easy to see how much he loves it!  He still remembers all of the cute stories and jokes that the guides used to tell the rafters years ago, so he entertained us with those along the way.  At one point, he told the kids they could jump in the water in a calm part of the river, and I couldn't believe they all really wanted to do it!  I'm so glad we got to have this fun adventure together.  We've talked about doing it for years.