Six adult leaders took a 2.5 day retreat to Colorado to raft the toughest stretches of the Arkansas River. They rafted stretches of Class IV and V known as Maytag, 3 Forks, Lose Your Lunch, Wake-Up, 3 Rocks, Spike Buck, Double Dip, Sharks Tooth, Sunshine Falls, Sledgehammer, The Narrows, Wall Slammer, Boat Eater and Corner Pocket, Canyon Door, Pinball, Zoom Flume, Big Drop, Staircase, Toilet Bowl, Widowmaker, Raft Ripper, Siedel's Suckhole, and Twin Falls.

Photos taken in the Royal Gorge
Counterclockwise from back of raft
"Wild Pat", Bill Dunfee, Tim Dillman, Jamiel Yameen, Jeff Goertz, Bill Fish, Kenneth White

The Royal Gorge Bridge, completed in 1929, is the world’s highest suspension bridge. It spans the raging Arkansas River at a height of 1,053 feet. The Royal Gorge is considered the "Grand Canyon of the Rockies"

Campsite next to the Arkansas River in Salida, Colorado		Mr. Dillman and Mr. Fish elected to go through Class IV Number 3 without a raft.
Tim & Jeff	Mr. Goerts scouts Pine Creek	The crew scouts class V Pine Creek before rafting it	Dunfee just swatted Jamiel on the rear with is paddle
A serious test of the weight limit for Mr. Dunfee's home-built hitch extension	Kenneth acts as a hood ornament for the raft	Wild Pat, Kenneth and Tim	Looking up to see who spit from the Royal Gorge Bridge at the raft Maybe it was the rain
View from the hood ornament's perspective
World's highest suspension bridge as seen from the raft		Jeff and Jamiel	Mr. Yameen scouting the rapids
Mr. Goertz		Cruisin' the Canyon
Pine Creek
Hiking to the ridge to get a look at Pine Creek and the Three Sisters Rated at 5.3
	Train passengers wave to the rafters