On June 30, I went on a weekend white-water rafting trip on Cache Creek with Dan Kutler, Bill Yanowsky, and Shayne Mills.

On the first day, the rafting company had a photographer situated at the biggest rapids, "The Mother," taking pictures as we fumbled through.

Shayne, Bill, Colin and Dan go through The Mother in a four-man raft.

I brought a disposable camera but the ride was wetter than I expected...I should have brought a waterproof camera. I'll know better next time.

Bill, Shayne & Dan at the side of the river.

Shayne practiced drowning along the way.

I asked somebody to take a picture of the four of us on a cliff.

Back at camp I had my regular camera:

Shayne

Dan

Bill

Potatoes baking

Camp appetizers

Dan again

Dan and Shayne

Bill and Dan

Shayne in his tent

Dan in front of tent at dusk



The next day we switched to two-man kayaks instead of one four-man raft:

Dan and Shayne in their kayak

Bill in the river

Dan reaches for something ineffable

Back at the camp we searched for our gear among a stack of 500 others.