We took one last group photo at camp before getting on the boats. We rode with Jed and Chris and the Ewok tribe.
Chris gave me a book list, some of the books I had read parts from on the boat, others were ones that he liked:
There's This River
Raging River Lonely Trail
Georgie Woman of the River
The Doing of the Thing
Laura read the poem "If I Had My Life to Live Over" by Nadine Stair
"I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter that I have.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies."
We had our final bag line and said good-bye to the guides and watched the boats get pulled out of the river and sides deflated. It was a bumpy ride from Diamond Creek and part of the road was creek. We stopped for lunch in Seligman at a quirky joint where we had a picnic lunch and bought a butterscotch malt.
In Flagstaff we said good-bye to the new friends we had made and headed back to the cabin to see our family. It was great to see my husband, children and mom. I was grateful for the time away and happy everything went well.
Breakfast: cream cheese bagel, left over brownie, granola with yogurt and cowboy coffee
Chris gave me a book list, some of the books I had read parts from on the boat, others were ones that he liked:
There's This River
Raging River Lonely Trail
Georgie Woman of the River
The Doing of the Thing
Laura read the poem "If I Had My Life to Live Over" by Nadine Stair
"I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax, I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter that I have.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies."
We had our final bag line and said good-bye to the guides and watched the boats get pulled out of the river and sides deflated. It was a bumpy ride from Diamond Creek and part of the road was creek. We stopped for lunch in Seligman at a quirky joint where we had a picnic lunch and bought a butterscotch malt.
In Flagstaff we said good-bye to the new friends we had made and headed back to the cabin to see our family. It was great to see my husband, children and mom. I was grateful for the time away and happy everything went well.
Breakfast: cream cheese bagel, left over brownie, granola with yogurt and cowboy coffee
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