Rafting and Host Families

After we had spent the night sleeping in a conference room we had to be up early Thursday morning for our rafting trip. Once the group had completed having breakfast and packing there sleeping bags away, we loaded the car and headed out to the snake river which only took around half an hour. The journey to the snake river was a considerably short one, compared to the journey that we would be taking back to Logan later on in the day. It wasn't long before we started our trip down the river, however our guide had to hand out the necessary safety gear as well as a safety talk. Our group managed to all squeeze ourselves into only one raft. If you had not got wet before Big Kahuna (The biggest rapid in the snake river) then after you would be soaked. Most of our boat had got submerged in the ice cold water then returning with every body soaked but still had a smile on their faces. Every body that rode in the boat had a great experience, plus it was a first for many including myself.

Following rafting we all were delighted to get a warm change of clothes and back into a nice warm car for the journey back to Logan. This journey dragged on for four and a half hours - a good time to catch up sleep from the previous evening.

That evening and the following two days consisted of host family days. Again I am unsure what other families had planned, but Friday me and my host went down to the recreation center. Here we played some basketball, plus spending some time in the gym. Following this the family went to the local fair. Here there was all sort's of stalls plus different rides which we happily went on. Lastly we all went to watch Ryan play in a American football game. This I found really interesting, but found the rules really confusing.

This morning me and my family were up early to help out Mark with his eagle project which consisted of pulling weeds out the edge of the pond so the car park could be extended as well as stones out around the base. After we had completed a few hours of work, we headed out a local restaurant to have whats locally known as the "a kitchen sink". This was a small sink of ice cream. Myself, Garrett and Ryan managed to eat it in 17 minutes however we had stomach ache after. We spend the afternoon going round a crazy golf course which was great fun.

Tomorrow the troop are heading out to a theme park name Lagoon. This will be great fun for everyone. I am sure that the group are looking forward to experiencing an american theme park.