Pismo Beach (Bachelor Party #2)

Another good friend of mine is getting married this July, just one week after my friend Joel is getting married (see Kern River) - so last weekend we all went up to Pismo Beach for the bachelor party. Many of the same friends who went to Kern River for the rafting adventure were there for the ATV adventure. Most of these guys have been friends for over 20 years.

We were even able to get one of our friends to fly in from Germany as a surprise for the bachelor. It's good to have old friends, and especially good to be able to get together for events like this.

Pat (the bachelor) is in the center kneeling down

ATV'ing on the dunes
It was a several mile walk back after ATV riding. Check out the kite surfer in the distance. These guys would get 10-20 feet up in the air when they jumped the waves.

Tombstone

This picture shows the boulder (called Tombstone) that flipped us. This picture was taken on our 4th run down the river.

You can't see me very well in this picture, but I'm in the front left seat wearing my Drymax trail running socks. They really had to work overtime to try to keep my feet dry that day. The bachelor (sitting front right) almost wore a pair of cotton socks on the raft, but I saved him at the last minute and gave him a pair of my drymax socks before we left camp.

Rafting on the Kern

A very good friend of mine is getting married in July. This weekend, I went with six of my best and oldest friends (since Jr. High) on a rafting adventure down the Kern River in California. This was definitely a top 10 adventure for all of us.

The pictures below are from our third run down the river. After each run, we'd switch positions on the raft so we each had opportunities to ride in the front, middle, and back of the raft.

The best part of the day was when we got high-sided on a boulder and the raft went completely upside down and dumped all of us. We got to ride IN the river for a few hundred yards while the guide got the raft back upright and we all climbed back in.

If you ever get a chance to go rafting, I highly recommend it.

(you can click on the images to see a higher quality version of each picture)

A day at the park