Looking back on my posts this summer I noticed that I failed to post about one of the best days of the summer. While in Grand Junction I had a mandatory day off (they make us take a day off every 21 days). Wally, another jumper happened to have the day off as well. We got a hold of ex Boise smokejumper Ryan Jordan who lives in GJ now and we all three went to hang out on the Colorado river in Ryan’s jet boat. We grabbed a case of Tecate and some fishing rods and hit the water. Despite knowing that I’d be hanging out all day on the water in 100 degree weather, I neglected to apply sunscreen so I ended up with a brutal sunburn but aside from that it was a great day off.
Out on the river
hiking around on the shore
Found an old holding pen
thirsty catfish
parked in a cove for some fishing and swimming
found some good cliffs to jump from
Ryan J getting some hangtime
