A day on this great river

Stats:------------Date: May 20, 2006-Location: The American River/South Fork run. Coloma, CA-History of Coloma, CA-The American River in all its beauty
-Organized and made it happen: Norman Smith-Old friends: Sylas Crabtree, Norman and son Patrick-New friends: Marshall and son, Jose and sons, Marge, Ginny and Mary, Mike, Peter, Sara and a few other Kiwi's

Getting ready for battle

Ok, so here we are on the approach to the rapid called: Trouble shooter.

It was named well... as you will soon see.

Entering the Lion's den

Mike (the guide in the back) said something like... OK!! Ummm.... it's gonna get a little bumpy about now... umm.... yeah... hold on!

She knocked me off my feet

At the moment of impact both Sylas and I were knocked backwards right into the laps of our friends (this was a good thing as some other boats went for a swim after this rapid).

So that's our feet you see!!
Sylas - Off the starboard bow
Damon - Off the port bow

(This is a high resolution Picture - so click it to get a great close up shot).