Monday, July 20, 2009

Floatin’ Down the River

A favorite family activity, especially for one the size of the Broadbent fam, is a float trip down one of the many rivers in MO.  This year was no exception to taking the trip.  We did a 9 mile trek down the Meramec river.  What a day!  It was beautiful weather, despite the thunderstorm predictions.  We lazily floated, ate a lot of food, stopped every now and then to swim and fish, and we even found a rope swing that all the dads had to have a go on!  Eventually we made it to the pull out spot exhausted and ready for the drive home.  Float trips are fun, but man are they tiring!
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Jesse and Steve as we set out down the river.

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We had 2 big rafts and 1 small raft to hold our whole crew!
 

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Time to throw some rocks in the water!  Always fun!

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Here’s Jesse about to take a ride on the rope swing…

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Nice form!  We got great pictures of everyone that did the swing, but you get the idea here!

CIMG7195    Daddy and Steve…too handsome!

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And, finally, mommy and Steve!

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