We took a boat ride today. Not just any boat ride, a jet boat ride, 50 miles up the Rogue River. It was from Jerry's Jet Boat Rides in Gold Beach and lasted all day. The following pictures show the boat, well actually one of two others they ran today, along with 32 other crazy people on ours.
After a sedate 2 hour ride, we entered white water rapids. This boat is a 30 foot aluminum, powered by 3 jet drives @ 365 hp each. The boat is capable of 50 mph and the skipper came close to reaching that at times. The maneuvers he made were amazing. He would spin it 360 nearly in its own length, he could almost stand it on its nose. We buzzed around in water at times less than a foot deep, dodging rocks, running rapids up, down, and sideways, Geez!!
Of course all that got you very wet. Up river it got to 90 so it felt pretty good, but we should have worn a bathing suit and had a set of dry clothes in the truck. The scenery was awesome, but as you can see, my pictures stink. This was not a photo taking boat ride, the camera spent much of the day in a plastic bag. Check out this You Tube video http://youtu.be/noPFecP4b0Y
Not sure if we can top today, but we are headed up the coast to the last Oregon Lighthouse we can visit here tomorrow.
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