The glens falls 7th grade trip

Today we river runners had an exceptionally challenging day logistically. Our trip was in Lake Luzerne on the Socandaga (Soc for short) River. My boss, Gary, just secured a new outpost last week and it hasn't even been set up yet. Lynn Gary and I left Old Forge at 7am and drove to North River to fetch some extra gear. From there we completed our journey to the new outpost where we jumped right into action blowing boats (Johns Dog is called boats!!!!). Just kidding.

We had the typical day on the Soc which includes an hour trip with 12 or more in the raft. Lucky for me they were all grade 7. I hit the only wave on the River worth hitting and caught massive guide air as usual. after that we all swam and splashed in the flat water. My kids were the best splashers on the River. On the River there is a cable stretching from River left to River right 12-15 feet above the surface. As we passed under i made a mention that the cable was installed to get all the squirrls on the left side to the nuts on the right side. One grade 7 girl immediately shouted SQUIRREL NUTS!!!!! The teacher and I had a great bellowing bout of laughter. Noticing the attention one student got the whole raft flew into action repeating SQUIRREL NUTS at the top of their lungs. My ears are still ringing.

I then had a sweet move at the bottom of the River making it from the right to the left and hitting all of the waves. This move is not hard but with a crew of kids it could have put us right into John Dunkans rock pile.

All in all it wasn't a bad trip. the Soc even though it isn't really challenging or scary is fun...probably more so because there is no real danger. As a guide I am able to relax knowing it is hard to sluf up.

Until the next adventure...