Monday, June 8, 2009

Nothing on but his PFD and a smile

Well it was the last day for students on Friday, so the buses didn't run today, drivers were cleaning them up and getting ready to turn them in for the summer. Most can't wait, they were scheduled to turn them in tomorrow, but many had them cleaned and ready today. We took any that were ready today less for us to mess with tomorrow.
Not a lot to write about this week, we've had a lot of rain and they have also had a lot of rain in Virginia and North Carolina where we get most of the water for the New River. So the river was running 11 feet plus on Saturday and I took a afternoon express trip down, we had 4 boats and one of them flipped in a really bad place called Berry's Hole in the rapid called Double Z, it is nasty place to be. It took almost a mile of river to recover the people and get the boat turned back over. I was very frustrated. The funny part was that one of the young men in the boat that flipped lost his clothing in the hydraulic. He got in another boat with nothing on but his PFD (personal flotation device - lifejacket) and a smile. One of the girls commented that she didn't know the water was that cold. That made his smile go away. After a few minutes of embarrassment, one of the guides on the trip dug a pair of splash pants out for him to wear although they were too big at least he was covered.

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