A Riverrats Adventures: River Chronicles #9

Another trip down, and it was a pretty important trip for me. After years of training, I finally got my own boat for a trip!!!! It felt great to be on a trip where I had control of what went on on my boat. Jake Skeen was our fearless trip leader, Kevin Honeycutt was our trainee, Jake's friend, Tyson, was one swamper, and I got to bring my wife!!!!! I was so excited! I've had to leave her alone all summer so it was nice to finally be able to bring her with me. We also had my aunt Lorie with us too. She helped a ton and was there to take pictures for the company. The trip went well, the people were really nice and the weather was great. We still had high water, and the side canyons, Little Colorado and Havasu, were clear and blue. There really wasn't anything too crazy to report. It was a great trip and I was sad to see it end. BUT, before I finish, I have to tell you about the 9 year old spawn of Satan that was on the lower end of the trip. I've never seen a more horrible little kid in my life! He screamed at his parents, and would not stop asking to do things that he already knew he couldn't, like asking to get on the boat before he was supposed to and asking for lunch before it was done. The last night, he had a full blown melt down and what did his parents do??.....NOTHING!! Their friend who was on the trip finally did something and took the kid away from the group. I'm not going to go into detail about all the stuff the kid screamed at his parents, but I was blown away when the next day his mom asked me if anyone else on the trip had noticed and was annoyed by the kids behavior......HELLO!!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!! No one wanted to even ride on the same boat as the little demon!! Well, the trip ended and it ended up being a sweet trip. Here's a few pictures Enjoy!