Sue signed us up for a surprise rafting trip which was spectacular! The Blackfoot River is the one made famous in the story "A River Runs Through It" (which is a book and movie we both love). Today it had a flow of 8,800 ft/sec which is not near flood stage but very high for July – perfect for rafting – and the water temp was a cool 52 degrees. Near the end of our 16 mile jouney, in the largest rapid, a wall of water pushed Ted into the center of the raft and he had a grin from ear to ear! Below you can see we both swam out to this rock… very near to the one pictured on the cover of the "River Runs Through It" DVD where Brad Pitt is flycasting…

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