Maine four mushrooms and a wedding September 4th - 13th, 2004
A few days before the wedding,
a gang of us went whitewater
rafting.
We took the Kennebec river
when it was at a very high water
level, guaranteeing more action
and more fun.
The crew were Julie, Bill,
Karen, Jeanne and I.
The guide was Joe
Christopher, owner of Three
Rivers rafting company (see
them here) and longtime friend
of Julie and Karen Greene. He
generously gave the whole trip,
plus dinner afterwards, for free
as a wedding gift to Julie.
"All ahead! Haaahd!"
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Joe reposes, realising
that no-one should
ever be ashamed of
man-breasts.
Meanwhile, Julie
ponders something
deep in the sun
Guide Joe and Julie
coast through the
rapids on a beautiful
September day
Bride and groom (to
be) get ready for
some surf'n'sun at
6,000 on the
Kennebec
"Swim, honey! Swim!"
Bill goes overboard as we plough into a particularly vicious rapid, hit sideways by Joe's guiding
technique. Subsequent rumours (that Joe had deliberately dumped the groom into the surf as a
"pre-wedding present") were dismissed by senior sources on the trip.
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Bride-to-be Julie
holds out a paddle of
love to gulping
groom Bill, as he
swims back to safety
and pre-nuptial bliss
Joe Christopher, the
Clubber Lang of the
river byways, guides
us into (and out of)
peril. (But mostly into
it.)
After the man
overboard drama, Bill
and I chill out over a
refreshing cup of
teamonade
The beautiful
Kennebec river on a
beautiful Autumn day
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And me,
acting the
maggot.
Quelle
surprise
Earlier that
day, Joe
paying
special
attention to
strapping up
Karen, who's
loving every
minute of it,
clearly
