Camp Deep Creek Day 2

Monday morning we got two surprise calls from the Amys saying that they had decided to come tubing with us after all!!!

both Andy and Betsy wanted the big stick…

  

I think Betsy won

the boys did a bit of work damming up the creek while we waited to leave

We had great hopes of going in the morning and then again with Frank after work. But when we arrived at McIvor, we saw the sign… 4 to 5 hours from the Park to Barton Bridge (about 10 to 15 minutes from Deep Creek)!

Our hopes of having lunch soon, much less doing two trips, were dashed. But we aired up the tubes, donned our life jackets (this made some of the reluctant members of our group feel more confident), slathered on some sunscreen, tied our tubes together (all except Andy and Zack) and headed downstream…

 That’s the last of our pics for the day. We weren’t willing to risk taking our camera and didn’t want to spend the money on a waterproof disposable. So you’ll have to take my word on the fact that the river was very pretty and there were lots of other rafters on the Clackamas that day. Most of our fellow tubers were very respectful and enjoyable to be with, until we hit Barton Park… Ugh!  We also learned that although it is really fun to be tied together with your sisters on the river for over 4 hours just jabbering away, it’s really hard to control where you go; especially when you come to rapids or rocks or shallows or really big logs sticking up out of the water (and one of you goes on one side and the other two don’t…).

By the time we got back we were all starving, a bit sunburned and exhausted! It’s amazing how tired you can get just sitting on a tube floating downriver for 4 + hours! Oh, and rescuing two girls with a leaky raft. Way to go, Chris and Will!!! But all in all, we had a terrific time and are already thinking about next year’s trip…

Charlie didn’t get to go tubing with us but he had fun in them anyway

  

Charlie telling us a bedtime story