Navigating the Truckee

Here is just a taste of the "Roaring Rapids" along the Truckee River, from Tallinn and Addie's perspective. The ducks might just have been the most exciting part for them. We're still new to this blogging thing and hope this doesn't turn out sideways.
During our trip in Tahoe, we did two days of rafting along the Truckee. The first time, we hit a branch or something and had a major hole. Alison had to stop alongside with the kids while Brian ran back to get something to patch the hole. In the meantime, the kids were waiting in the raft, that continued to fill with water and Alison tried to keep it on the side of the river, avoiding the pinches of crawdads along the way. Finally, Brian came back and we'll just say "Thank you Lord" for duct tape as it proved to be the glue that kept our little boat together.

During our second trip down, our little raft, pre-patched with duct tape, got yet another hole and we were taping and re-inflating all along the trip. At the very end, the rapids were even faster due to an upcoming storm and we got out just in time for the first drips to arrive (turns out the storm really didn't come, only sprinkles, but it was exciting). Nonetheless, we all had a great time and learned some lessons on how to patch a raft.