Life in the White House...: Grand Canyon from Top to Bottom- Part 2 of 2

Not only did we see the Grand Canyon, we got to Raft the Grand Canyon! Of course we only got to do the smooth water portion (because of our little ones ages); we still had a blast! We started at the Dam and rafted to the point where water was starting to get rough. About 15 miles in all. The view of the canyon walls were magnificent from down at the bottom. We had lunch on the boat and had a great guide named Josh. He was awesome...reminded me a lot of my nephew Zachary! Being we had the youngest (actually the only) kids on the boat, we got catered to a lot. We got to see an actual set of REAL dinosaur foot prints. This was shown only to us. The kids thought it was pretty cool and so did we. The ranger says that there are prints all over the Grand Canyon. I'm guessing because it is so rocky many of the prints were preserved. About half way through our trip we stopped and explored some Ancient Indian Art and the kids got to swim. All I heard was how badly the kids wanted to swim. Little did they know that when they jumped in the water would be a "COOL" 47 degrees! LOL I was impressed with Brinson. He meant that he was swimming and he did jump into about his neck. Seriously, the water was so cold that your feet would go completely numb in about 20 seconds! That is as deep as I went, ankle deep! I will have to say that the cold water was good for lots of things. Dipping your shirt in the water would keep you nice and cool. It was also great for keeping our drinks cool. They were kept in a mesh bag and thrown overboard. We would just pull the bag up when we needed a drink.
The Colorado is the cleanest river I have ever seen! It was completely clear to about 22 feet deep. You could set on the edge of the raft and watch the rainbow trout swim about! Brinson and I could have had a great time with a fishing pole, or even a net! Its nice to know there are a few clean places left!