Thank you Britain

Another government has now legalised gay marriage, and this time it's mine.

River Rafting!

Yesterday we went white water rafting on the Wenatchee River. It wasn't very white water, as it's only class III, and the river was running at a lower level than the average for July. But we'd never done it before and it was fun, in the sun and the heat, and seriously cold water - melted snow never really seems to warm up that well, no matter how delightful the air temperatures. When we stopped for lunch at a calm spot, I waded in to my thighs, but I wasn't going to swim in that ::shiver::

There were only three of us in our raft, plus the guide, so the guide put me hanging over the front of the boat for a couple of the more dramatic drops (Drunkard's Drop and one just below Snowblind) while the guys kept paddling. The extra weight at the very tip creates a more dramatic drenching for everyone, and the closer-to-the-river-level view was dramatic.

We might just have to do that again sometime...