Monday, May 5, 2008

tubing on the salt river

So for those of you who know me, you know that I'm prone to accidents. No matter where I go, no matter what I'm doing, I always end up bruised and battered.

And yesterday was no exception. My roommate Jen invited me along with a group of her friends from various hospitals to go tubing down the salt river. It was an ABSOLUTE blast! The people were awesome, there was lots of beer and good conversation. We were all tied together and floated down the river. It took about 3 hours. I was absolutely sure I'd get burned, but, LUCKY me, I didn't. At least not bad enough to be around today (I was pink last night).

However, I DID pretty much rip up my foot. At one point in the river there was a section that we got stuck in that was pulling us back upstream so I was one of the geniuses to get out and try to swim us (all like 9 of us plus two coolers of beer) back into the downstream current. In the process my shoe came off and I was doing great until I hit a rock... with the bottom of my foot. And here's the aftermath:




Lovely, huh?

But I had a great time and it was totally worth it. Happy Cinco de Mayo!!