Another day in paradise here.. we woe ealiesh, went for a short run.. then piled in th car and were out of the house by 9L30.. amazing for this group of 6..
First stop woas ‘Mild and Wild’ a river rafting company in Durango.. Ciane, Jac, Raya and I signed up to do 3 hours of the lower Animas river in a raft.. while Gabe and Max signed up to do the same stretch in inflatable kayaks.
I couldn’t bring a camera in.. but gabe had his gopro and got a few shots of us warming up..
we had a good 3 hours on the river. we got plenty wet..bt not as wet as max and gabe in the kayaks. Our gude Phil was realy nice and had tons of good local stories and geology info .. It was a great experience .
After boating, we dropped off the kids down town and went out to meet John and Bonnie.. our good friend Amy’s folks. Amy was with us on The Colony and grew up here in Durango
We had a good visit with the Wests. they are such nice peopl.. we swapped stories of kids, dogs, toys. travel etc.. it was great seeing where Amy grew up and meet her family..
It was also really good to be able to go through her baby pictures 🙂 .. what a cutey !
from there Diane and I went back into town and found the kids.. then we went up to see Rusty and Suzanna .. they currently live in an 1880’s caboose.. bbut they’ve outgrown it and are in the porcoess of movig into… gt this.. ad 1880’s tran station !.. It was great seeing the caboose. it was beutifull.. but pretty tight for two grownups and a large dog.. (Chumley) .
It was great to see that Rusty had a samstone there..
In playing with Chumley a sad thing happened.. my sam bracelet.. the one I’ve warn every day since a few days after sam died.. broke.. I was stunned for a second.. then I remembered. we can’t control anything.. that is the real lesson of Sam’ death.. I petted chumley and put the broken band in my pocket.. I will see about tieing it back together. ,..
From tehre we went to a great dinner with Rusty and Suzanna and the rest of us.. the food was great.. as was the silverware . 
OK.. to tired to keep writing.. more tomorrow
what a wonderful vacation !
nite all nite sam !
-me