What an absolutely fantastic day!  In the AM we had to break camp and move to another site, even closer to the river…! We worked on school and then went for an epic 6 mile run (Savannah riding along on her bike).  The pathway paralleled the Crystal River and with gorgeous views of the 12,995ft Mt. Sopris, lots of biking passers by with friendly morning greetings.  Ideal running conditions… cool temps, low humidity and gorgeous views- i love this place! During the run i kept studying the Crystal River.. shallow and bouldery, but also runs right past our camp site with easy put ins for shuttling.  Soooo it got me to thinking, this would be a great practice run for Savannah on the SUP!  Everyone seemed on board with the idea and before we knew it wetsuits were donned and boards loaded!  Talk about cheap entertainment!  Jim and I took turns shuttling the jeep up the road a few miles,  dropping in Savannah and her Dad or me, then drive down and meet them and do it all over again.  SUPER fun! After rafting the Colorado the previous day, i REALLY wanted to paddle it, so I suggested we head that way.  Savannah was totally STOKED with the idea and i was giddy with her enthusiasm and no fear attitude to do this!  Jim put us in just below “Shoshone” up river from No Name, Co (that’s really the name of the town).  We had left the bikes at the camp site, but that didn’t stop Jim from coming to find us!  He rented a bike from the outfit that took us rafting the previous day and hit the trail that ran along the Colorado River to find us and take some amazing shots and got a really awesome bike ride in!  This was truly an epic adventure with my daughter.  I knew she was confident and i had confidence in her navigating the waters, which made it less worrisome for Mom… lol and we just had a blast!   Towering canyons, trains, and trails made for some surreal paddling. The river was swift and a few areas with class II rapids.  I let Savannah go down a few in front so she could say she navigated on her own and she did great.  Savannah informed me that sup’ing rapids in a river was “WAY BETTER” than surfing …. and she wants to move to Colorado.  Yay!!  You don’t have to ask me twice!  Following our River adventures was a riverside cold one… or two and a tasty cast iron dinner on the fire and a spectacular moon rise over the mountain.  Life is so good.  PS… there is also a video. 🙂