Fourth on the Eagle River

After visiting Denver, my partner and I drove to Vail where we spent a week.  To celebrate the 4^th, we went whitewater rafting on the Eagle River.  The river was running a class III-IV.  Class III means that there are numerous, high, irregular waves, a lot of rocks and eddies, and rapids with passages that are clear but narrow and requiring expertise in maneuvering.

We did the lower Eagle River on the 4^th and the middle Eagle River on the 6^th.  I’m in the middle on the far side of this picture.  There was a mom and her kids in the same raft with us.

The night of the 4^th, we ate at Alpenrose Restaurant. I had the Zürcher Geschnetzeltes with spätzle. Yum!  We then caught the fireworks on Golden Peak.  We were so close that, looking up, it looked like they were falling on us.  A piece of a firework wrapper did fall on me.  My mom says that means good luck!