4.16.14 : rafting shoshone…again.

The mountain closes in three days, and with its close comes anticipation for the next set of seasonal adventures. Rafting is obviously at the top of this list and we decided to go back and run the Shoshone part of the Colorado again. This week, the water levels had just about doubled from last week, lending itself to a far more exciting paddling experience and even better photos than last time. For that reason, I ran the river once in the raft with my buddy Bjorn while my boyfriend Christian and friend Wolk tried it out in a kayak. During the second run, I chose to walk the length of the rapids to grab some photos of the boys rafting it together.

One of these days I should teach them to take photos so I can get a few of myself out there.

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4.9.14 : rafting shoshone.

The weather has been just gorgeous here lately, with temperatures hiking up into the 60's on the mountain and even higher down the canyon. We took advantage of one of our days off this week and went to run the Shoshone portion of the Colorado River. I R2'd a raft with my friend Bjorn for the first two laps and then sat out the last lap in favor of photographing the action from the side.

The Shoshone section is only a few miles long, but has five rapids throughout the stretch. I was able to photograph the last two by walking the path that runs beside the river on foot. It was a beautiful day on the water and further cemented my new love for being on the river. I can't wait to go back and do it again!

3.28.14 : second-to-last day of radiation.

My sister's last day of radiation is on Monday. Sadly, I have to fly home Sunday, but that doesn't make it any less exciting. They only radiate her on the weekdays, so today was her second-to-last day. The radiation technicians are incredibly friendly and helpful, so they graciously let me accompany her into the room and see how they set her up. They've got it down to such a science now that it only took a minute or so before we were shuffled out of the room to the other side of the thick radiation-proof door. Her last week of radiation has been a concentrated and very specifically aimed dosage, so the actual process takes only 7 or 8 minutes at most.

My last day in town is tomorrow since my flight leaves early on Sunday morning. We've already picked out the fun activity we'll all do on her day off from treatment and I can't wait to share photos of it with you.