On Memorial Day we went rafting down a stretch of the Payette River in Idaho. Hiwot is a student at BSU studying electrical engeering. She is living with us for the summer. Bill and Brittan are Larry's nephew and son visiting from Austin, Texas. As soon as we put in, dark clowds rolled over the mountains and it rained on us most of the way down, giving new meaning to the term "wet suits". Although we were soaked at the take out, a good time was had by all. Hiwot was quite adventerous. Although it is difficult to tell from the video clip, she was standing on the front of the raft, holding on to a rope while we were spinning the raft around in the water...thus, riding the bull. It is what you do when you get bored on a quiet stretch of river. With all of the snow runoff, the river is running fairly high so the rapids were class 2 and 3. Plenty of thrill for me! Lorna
