OREGON COAST...in COLOR!

Labor day is tomorrow, its the last day of August, and I HAVE to get my Oregon coast photos up and talked about! It was such a great trip, with many highlights! I'll start at the beginning and just upload each post with it's corresponding photos so it's not so lengthy to read about! First, the beginning, as that is always a GREAT place to start! We began our trip in Washington with a half day river rafting trip down the White Salmon River. This was a very daunting adventure, as when we first launched our boat into the water, we very nearly lost Richard, head first, off the front of the boat and into the river! We hit white water and several rocks right off the bat, which had Zach and Jerica ready at their posts (and clinging to the rope handle inside the raft!) The most exhilierating part of the trip came towards the end. A huge waterfall to plummet down! We lost half our crew (mckenzie, Jerica and Zach) to FEAR, and they climbed out just prior, while Rich Jenner and I took our 'barely-there courage' and rafted through the falls. Of course once we went through, it was like "Well that was easy", but it really was quite intimidating knowing it was coming up! Everyone claimed they would do it for sure "next time"! We all had on wet suits, water jackets, and even helmets, with our life vests. Not many photos of this adventure (no water proof camera) but here is our 'before' shot as we had donned our wet suits!