Pics

So by popular demand ... OK, maybe just by demand ... I wanted to post some pics from the rafting trip. I was holding out cause I was hoping that I'd get a couple more pics of, you know, rafting 'n stuff. But just in case I need to prove to you all that I do get off my xbox, get outside raft and climb stuff, here's some pics.

This is me trying to look cool wearing a gigantic lifejacket, a crevice-invading wetsuit and a plastic hat:



And by the 2nd rapid we were pretty comfortable.



OK, so maybe I lied a little bit on that last picture.

So the next morning go up and walked for about a mile and a half through some wooded area not knowing where we were really going or what we were expecting to see, then suddenly the trees opened up and we found ourselves here:








So I'm not really the most photogenic person after rafting 13 miles, then hiking for 2 miles. But this is the best I could do. Oh, and in the background is the Lower New River where we rafted.

Excellent trip.

So I just finished helping someone out here at work. His response?
"You're smart. You surprised me."

I'll put that in the Compliment section ... I think.

update

May 20th? Seriously? I haven't updated this since then? Wow. My apologies "Buffers". The rafting trip went well. As many of you all know I'm not exactly a thrill seeker but it was definitely one of those things that I wanted to try just to see what my "level" was. Could I do it? The answer: kinda. We went through several Level 4 rapids but when we got to a Level 5 we got a little too close to one of the rocks and our raft went up on edge spilling out the side of the raft that I was on. As a side note: You body seems to not care how cold water is when your own concern is not getting your legs crushed. But all in all it was a great trip! I was a little upset that I only got one quarter-sized bruise. I wanted something bigger to show off that I flirted with deathly sharp rocks.

After rafting 13 miles on the Lower New River, we got up the next morning and decided to go on a 3 mile hike up one of the West Virgina hills (yay exercise!). That excursion was a little more than I was ready for at 9AM, but the view from the top was amazing. It's been awhile since I'd done something like that. I'll post some pics once I get back to the condo.

And life is getting better. Work is still a little rough, but everyone here is in the same boat or at least they understand the craziness the rest of us are going though. According to my co-workers the project that I did for Lockheed Martin was well accepted (score points for JB). So things are getting better.