when i woke up, i was mad at parkin for what he did in my dream. i hate waking up angry..
we all got up and ready to head to the sacramento river where we met up with a whole lotta other people. we ended up renting about 6 rafts. moe and ye's other sister, khine and her fiance art organized the whole trip so we didn't know everybody, though they were all really nice.
the weather was ok, the sun was shining, but the water was FREEZING. the initial shock of the water was horrifying, but we got use to it after awhile while the sun beat down on us. we went on the level 2 course which was very smooth, and was made up of mostly water fights with other rafts. luckily i went to big 5 the night before to pick up some water guns! dave also brought some buckets and ye picked one up at the store there.
we had some damn good fights here at there, but after a yummy lunch of sammichs and fruit, we were tired and just wanted to stroll down the river. then we ran into the alcholics. damn those alcholics. we could smell their raft a mile away. as were were passing these two rafts that were tied together, one of the guys on the raft yelled out, "you guys look dry over there" and shot some water at us. we all ducked and decided that we didnt' want to play with them. they kept shooting, so ye and i just paddled away. we went to the left fork as they went towards the right. unfortunately after floating awhile, our rafts met up again, and more of the guys shot water at us, while the girls were just chilling in the back drinking beers. tired of their ranting, we decided to give them a water fight they wouldn't forget. i looked over at ye and said, 'keep your head down and keep paddling!' so the fight began and our guys were doing really well, i think. all i could hear was this horrid hoarse voice yelling "STOP PADDLING!' and hard shots of water hit my head, chest and arms. i wondered if he was screaming at me or ye, but i couldn't lift my head up to see or else i'd get pelted on my face (luckily i was wearing my visor), so i just kept paddling. i didn't realize how close we were to their raft until finally i peeked up, and saw this huge white guy standing in front of me, shootng out of his gun right at me. i turned around, and he said, "yeah, you dont' like that do you!?" but i just waved him on. i was already wet, and he was just hitting my back, i could care less. so he continued pelting me and yelled at all of us, "YOU GOT WATER IN MY FRIEND'S BEER!" there were 2-3 really obnoxious guys on that double raft, and the chicks were just chillin. i dont' know if the girls joined in the fight because i was getting PELTED and couldn't see, but i'm sure everyone on those 2 rafts were soaked, we were. their rafts stunk of beer and soon ours did too. we're pretty sure that as soon as water got in the beer, they threw the cup at us.
finally we all stopped, and we drifted away happy. we got them good, and were still a bit angry. they started the fights, we wanted to just mind our own business. when we finally played their game, they got mad at us for getting water in their beer? dude, it's a water fight. stupid obnoxious asses.
after we returned the raft, we returned to the house and got cleaned up. we all got a bit darker and parkin a bit pinker. haha. he doesn't tan, he burns. around 7:30, we head out to the sacramento state fair where we had fried food galore. steak fingers, fried zucchini, tri tip sammiches, corn on the cob, ribs, artichokes, ostrich hot and corn dogs, fries, funnel cake... and that was just what i ate! YUM! kidding. unfortunately my arms were so sore from the day of paddling that i could hardly eat or lift my arms for more than 15 seconds.
after dave and moe came back with more food, dave asked if i wanted to go on a swing ride. then he went to describe the ride. it's similar to a bungee cord jump, but you swing back and forth like a pendulum. i had wanted to do this the last time i went to the sac fair, about 2 years ago, but no one wanted to do it with me. when dave first asked, i was like, yea! then after thinking about it... nah.... well, i dunno. so after eating we went to look at the ride and listen to the screeching. ok. dave, dana and i got suited up, waited in line, and finally we were high up in the air. dana saw the guy wave us, and she counted then pulled the release cord.
man, it was so exhilerating. i was flying!!! i'd always wanted to fly.
<<dana and i ready for some sun!
oh and if you have never done it before, pee in a river. hahaha, peeing in a river, especially a cold ass river is one of the warmest and natural experiences you'll ever have. moe suggested a do it cuz i'd never done it before, and i had to pee real bad. i ain't a boy, i can't just squirt it in the rocks! hehee, i had such a good day.