Family Fun

A few weeks ago we had family over for a long ago planned rafting trip down the Kern River.  This was one of those Group On deals that was a great buy.  So 7 of us loaded up and headed to Bakersfield. 
http://www.riversendrafting.com/

The river is normally much faster and they say a Cat IV but on the day we went, it was more like a -4 which was fine with us.  They split our group of 7 into 2 boats and we headed out for our 3.5 miles of fun.  

In my boat I had my sister-n-law Debbie and her daughter-n-law Lindsay.  We also were with another family.  The guys, Steve, Elijah, David my brother-n-law and Keith my nephew got their own boat.

Some of the pics give the impression the water was a bit livelier than it was, but we had a great time.  May go back earlier in the season to be able to see a little more action, but all in all a great day that was ended with a nice picnic at the nearby Ming Lake.  Something fun to do within 1 1/2 hours of Valenica.