Getting Soaked

For this post, I thought I'd just add captions to the pictures. We arrived "on time", but not early, which meant that we were one of the last parties on the jet boat. That meant that our group was split up five ways - John and Brayden first row, Michael and Traig third row, Michele and I fourth row, Nati and Mikayla fifth row (we were proud of them choosing to sit by themselves), and Travis, Stephie and Ellie behind them. We all had "aisle seats" which pretty much meant that we could expect to get even wetter than everyone else.....
Brayden LOVED his seating assignment, and on a couple of occasions the water flooded in right at the base of the window completely drenching him. That made him the center of attention, and there you have it, one happy kid.
This is a picture of one of the three pairs of bald eagles that live on the Hellgate route. So very impressive.....
And, this is the point in which we turn around - the actual Hellgate canyon - the water here is 130 feet deep.
A picture of our crew, Stephie is blocked by my head. Our captain was very cool - better than last year, and we thought that guy was great......
Mikayla and I, posing in front of the "OK Corral" - the location where they serve brunch and dinners. The owners put two million dollars into renovating it a couple of years ago - and it is just gorgeous.
We expected to have to find our own seats and walk through a long buffet line - instead we had reserved seating (for us, our own table) and were served fresh fruit, biscuits and gravy, sweet breads, country potatoes, bacon, sausage links, orange juice, coffee, and champagne by a waitress.
Clearly, Traig enjoyed the cantaloupe....

Now Ellie, THAT is a great smile!

Natalia loves her sparkling cider.....
After brunch, on the way home, there is a lot more water drenching moves, which was great timing, as by then, the temperatures had reached nearly triple digits.... Can you say "drowned rats"?