We had a new experience today, we went river rafting for the first time ever. Jan and I have always wanted to go but when we were in the Smokies something always prevented us from going. The kids were young and never reached the mark, so we just put it off. Molly decided we needed to do this so we were game. Navtec Adventures picked us up from our hotel about 12:00 pm and off we went. There is beautiful red rock mountains here in Moab. We lauched our boat with lifejackets secure. The Colorado river has tall red rock mountains on both sides so the view is great! Our guide was Dan and he served us lunch on a small beach area a little ways down the river. We had one duckie, that is someone following in their private kayak. She was a very independent 25 year old girl traveling for 2 months all alone. I'd say she could take care of herself pretty well. The river was full from all the rain so there was only a few rapids we went thru. We got soaked and the water was cold.
We came back to the hotel and went to one of our favorite places to eat in Moab, The Sunset Grill, up on the mountain. There is a story about the Sunset Grill, it was the home of a man that struck it rich here in Moab because he found Uranium. You can probably read about it on line.