Rafting the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River
Wow, this was a big time bucket list item. It all started late 2023 when my longtime friend Lee Hunnicutt called Sara and me and invited us to join he and his wife Susan on a commercial rafting trip down the Grand Canyon. He had a bunch of friends in Salida, Colorado who were putting this trip together and there were still a few slots available. Lee and I were college roommates at the Citadel after we had both returned from Viet Nam. That was fifty four years ago so our friendship is long and wonderful. The only rafting experience we had was a two hour ride down the Arkansas river where Lee lives in Salida, CO. We were in Lee’s fourteen foot raft which he oared; it was very mellow and had no major rapids at all . The Colorado river would be very different. It has some of the biggest whitewater in North America so needless to say we were a little reluctant and nervous about signing up for a seven day trip. We thought we would regret not joining this wonderful adve...