white water

I'm home after a weekend in Colorado, during which Cheryl, Ben and I did the following things:

• White-water rafted
• Went to a rodeo
• Slid down a mountain
• Hiked up a mountain (Ben also hiked down)
• Swam
• Scrabbled
• Slept a lot
• Played minigolf
• Drank wine
• Watched Zoolander
• Laughed
• Read
• Listened to a lot of Elvis
• Swam
• Yee-hawed
• Ate loads
• Relaxed

It was this very odd combination of being very active and yet also very calm. Though we were fatigued and sore, the lack of Internet, schedules, alarm clocks and obligations - and presence of crisp (though very thin) mountain air - made for the kind of restful weekend you just don't get in many places.

And then there was also the hot whitewater rafting instructor. Um. He made things better, too.

Pics soon (hot instructor included).