Awesome day

Last Saturday I had the most fun I have had in a very long time. I woke up early and headed to the famous Gore canyon on the Colorado for some good class V boating. Gore is basically Colorado's only late season class V and attracts boaters from all over the state. Dana and some friends drove up from Durango for the fun. We had one raft of 6 and about a dozen kayakers along for the fun. The crux of the run is definitely the 3 mile flatwater paddle into the canyon, but once that was out of the way the fun began in earnest with half a dozen quality drops. One of the kayakers, Maria, proved herself to be quite hard when she broke her finger in one of the first class Vs. She didn't swim, just flipped and mashed her finger on a rock. Once she rolled up she realized that another boater (not with our group) was swimming and helped him to shore. Afer the rescue effort Maria gritted her teeth, buddy taped her finger, and paddled the other burl. I was impressed.

After some beers at the take-out, consumed from booties for some, I hit the road to meet up with Mel at Red Rocks. For those of you that are unfamiliar, Red Rocks is one of those super famous venues that artists love. This often means a great performance. Couple that with the fact that we were there to see The Flaming Lips and I knew we were in for an incredible evening. It turns out that I was right. It was everything I expected and way more. Definitely the coolest show ever. Very visually stimulating and they played a great set. For those of you unfamiliar with the music of The Flaming Lips, I have included a song.