Bob-0's blah blah blog: July 2014

LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN

So we went to the Grand Canyon and it was all smiles at the beginning. The day was beautiful and we were happy to be on the water... you see, someone drove us the wrong way and we had a 90 mile detour at 11:00 at night. that was me! ooops. Well we'er on the water now and the water was cold, like 47*F... which you think would be nice with the 115*F air temp but the shock of each was a little much. more on that later.

there is our boat...its called a J-Rig its huge. run by motor and holds so much good food. stakes, chicken, fajitas, baked potatoes, trout, ice cream, more bacon than you can eat and sausage to boot... the eggs Benedict were amazing... it just kept getting better and better!

so we got to the end of the day and it was HOT HOT HOT. we took shelter under wet sheets and hand towels. That night was the 7 plagues... it started off just hot, then the bugs came out... little flying beetles that landed and then stuck to you forever. then came the cool breeze (this might not seem like a plague but when its followed up by SATANS breath the hint of cool weather was the worst.) So, Satans breath came but before that it rained just enough to make you wet.. and after the 140* breath from hell came the wind and the sand storm. it was a mad dash through the sandy saga to get a tent to try and get some relief from the sticky icky sand. inside the tent was heat and hotter heat and at 4 AM we got the the wake up conch shell for those damn coffee drinkers! an hour before breakfast and all... it was hell!

The Morning After

Things started to look up!
the next day was glorious! the sun hid behind the clouds and the rapids werent too big which was nice because the splash wasnt big enough get us wet and cold...