I'll jump in the river if you jump in the river.

My final pics from the Smith.

Another cool campsite...

 Another ridiculous latrine in a field.

 GREEN meadows and rolling hills....

 Marco caught something!!!

 reeling it in and netting it.

 ta daaa! nice work. and then we let him swim free once again.

 We saw this guy crossing the river to his cabin on the most ridiculous machine-contraption... nifty!

 Sarah was crushing the rowing while Jim did a model shoot.

 Time for a swimming break at an eddy! eddy party!

 Cave stop! Matt and Curt approaching.....

 yeah buddy

 hanging in the cave!!

 AND we hiked up to "table rock"

 AND I planked it!

 planking's just cooler than standing... just sayin. 

 Another swimming and horseshoe-playing break on a beach along the way.

 And then we stopped one last time for our final SKETCHY hike to another crazy cool cave!

 we made it!! it's a miracle. ted didn't though....

 there were petroglyphs on the walls of the cave!! 

 everyone do your coolest pose!

 such a cool pic of the cave and our crew.

 AND that's it!! We had a pretty sunset our last night, packed up in the morning and rafted to the finish!!

such and amazing trip, so many laughs and awesome times.  I miss the amazing feeling you get once you finally jump into the FREEZING river!! It's a full body cold tub that leaves you feeling raw and stung from the FREEZINGNESS, but so energized and AWAKE and alive!

thanks again to Trevor and Chelsea and the whole crew for an epic long weekend.

Day 2 on the Smith River

Day 2 was another beaty day!!!

We packed up camp and got back on the RIVER!!  

Trevor fly fishing!

 As we drifted along, we saw "marco's cave" that he had noticed the year before and decided to go exploring.  We tied up the boats and hiked up the hillside to check out the caves.

from inside the big one...

 had to pose.

 looking back down on the Smith.

 :)

 THEN we decided to climb up into a small opening where the cave continued into the hillside....

it was scaryyyyyyyy!!!!!!

but worth it!

 After crawling for about 15 feet we emerged into an open room that was COMPLETELY in the dark, but the flash from my camera lit it up so that we could pose!! It was kinda creepy when everyone turned their headlamps off, and if you were claustrophobic in the least this would be the last place you would ever wanna be.

 Chelsea and Trevor!

 a big part of our group up at the caves!

 And then we got back to business and hit the river for some more rafting adventures.  

 THE BEST FOOD GROUP EVER!!!!!  The five of us were in charge of food for day 2 and not only did we make delicious nutritious amazing meals, but we looked amazing doing it.

The girls mexican fiesta night!! BEST COSTUMES on the smith river everrrrrr. And Shannon trying to jump into the picture... typical.

That's it for day 2!!!! Now I'm craving Mexican food.

MONTANA: Smith RIver Trip Day 1

I spent the last few days completely disconnected from EVERYTHING and went on a river trip in Montana.  Trevor and Chelsea hosted 25 of us, 10 rafts, and many epic moments.  The 5 days flew by way too fast and I have a whole new appreciation for the beauty that is Montana. 

This blog can only cover day 1.  I love taking pics and the whole trip was documented!! Only like 800 pictures!! Everything was just so breathtaking and our whole setup rafting and camping was tres cool.  I was a total rookie coming into this trip, but now I know I love river trips!! Especially with The Jackson Crew!!!!!

Thank you thank you thank you to Trevor and the 24 others for such an epic trip.  I really needed a deep breath of fresh Montana air!!

So here is where it starts!!

The first day was mostly about getting setup and launching the boats.  It was a shorter day of rafting and our final stop was at this natural spring/shower! I brought my sweet bike short tan to the SMith and decided to show it off!  Chelsea and I posed of course.

 Across the river we set up camp.

 THE LATRINE!!

The toilets were hilarious, just a hole in the ground with a little toilet above, no walls, no nothing.

 EVerything was so lush !

 It rained for about a minute that day, only a trace of it was left behind.

 Another cool looking latrine

 pretending to be boulderers..... is that a word??

 We had barely even emerged into the canyon that hosted us for the next 3 days of rafting and camping.

 It was a mellow, relaxing first day in nature.

The next few days got better and better until we all parted ways this afternoon :(

Five days flies by when you're surrounded by the beauty of Montana, camping, fresh air, river showers, friends, laughter, stories, and eddy parties.