Certainly one of Team Hayduke's very favorite holidays, we were really looking forward to the 4th this year. We began with two days of kayaking and rafting on the Arkansas with our good friends Brandy and Spencer. We ran Brown's Canyon on Friday and Pinnacle Rock Saturday. Meredith even got behind the oars a couple times.
After a couple days of paddling we met up with our long-lost friends from the ATL, Jordan and Melanie and their beautiful malamute Duncan. Jordan got a job professing at Georgia State a couple years ago, and they moved out to the dirty-dirty the same time we did for nursing school. We spent many fun nights together reminiscing about the Colorado Rockies and playing Dance Dance Revolution until our calves ached. They normally spend the summer relaxing in Estes Park, so hopefully we'll get to see them a lot during the coming weeks.
After camping near Alma we climbed the very leisurely 14er Mount Democrat. Melanie had just returned from two weeks in China and another week in Thailand, so she was concerned she might not have her mountain lungs/legs back yet, but she did great. We miss you guys!
See the PHOTO GALLERY. Montage to follow!
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