Activity #5-Float Down the River

On Friday, we went for a float down the river. A 2-3 hour planned trip turned into a much longer trip. We floated down the American river beginning at Paradise Beach and ended just before I-5. Only one of us had been warned about the evening winds, though, and that wonderful bit of info wasn't shared with the rest of us until we were starting to be blown up stream around 5 or 6 at night. Fortunately, a friend of ours thought to bring paddles and paddled us down stream. We were finally rescued by a very kind couple on a ski boat. They hitched us up to their boat and pulled us the rest of the way. "Next time," they said, "begin at Sunrise and end at Watt." You learn as you go. :) Good company still made the trip very enjoyable, though, and I'm very glad that we went!