Wish I'd had my camera!!

Jeff and I took the kids down the Rogue River in our Tahiti rafts yesterday. It was so much fun. We had three rafts. The kids ended up in Sierra's raft down most of the river. Jeff and I enjoyed the peace and quiet in our own rafts.

It was such a beautiful day and we had quite an adventure. We saw tons of salmon swimming up-river. Tessa caught a two foot salmon with her bare hands and let the other kids hold it also! Jeff caught the weirdest looking big, red newt that I had spotted. It looked prehistoric. We all took turns holding it. Jeff also caught a water snake. We saw a doe and her fawns. We also saw many fish jump all over the river. Tessa and I spotted a huge fish right in front of our raft that zipped past us, super fast, and splashed us with it's fin! We also watched many different birds and checked out a huge eagle nest.

It was one of those experiences that exceeds your expectations. I so wanted a beautiful nature day before the winter months and I got it!