Rafting the Kasilof River

It's pretty warm when the sun is shining. The kids ran around without any pants for awhile.

I even dared dip my feet in... It was so cold it hurt.

Dad finally let TJ take a turn rowing...I'm not allowed to row because I got us stuck on some rocks last time and my husband had to patch the raft. Sad.

Oops, I almost lost my Faith.

Here fishy, fishy,fishy....

This one got away, it's hard when you're helping the kids. I just found out that the salmon don't bite when they're running. You actually have to use your hook to snag them when the swim by. Dip netting seems to make more sense all the time.

The girls tried hard to catch a fish too...hmmm perhaps we should buy them a pole...

The water is this stunning shade of blue. I asked my husband once if it was because it came from a glacier. He just laughed at me... If you're laughing too then you're a much more logical person than me. If you don't get why everyone else is laughing...welcome to my world.

It's been hard for me to admit that I think it's beautiful here. I feel like I'm being disloyal if I say something good about Alaska. Perhaps in a small way I'm afraid that I'll like it...and that we'll stay forever like so many others do.

Okay, here it goes...I really enjoyed rafting the Kasilof River today. It was stunningly beautiful, and more fun than rafting the green river back home. This was our best trip so far.