Big Rig

Nate, our old barn and big state of the art rig

Our big rig, old barn and I

Fall Rafting 2013

North Creek Rafting Company's barn and van

                   

Morning Glories

Sunflowers in front of the barn (above and below)

Mint, Sedum and Cosmos

My brother Steve and I

My dad's best friend Jim and my best friend Ellie

I'll be in the back steering the raft

You guys will be the power needed to get us to the fun features and away from the dangerous features

Nate will be riding behind us in his cataraft

I don't have a command like "Oh $*&^!" or "Get down!". I don't like to scare people. I may yell "Lean in". If I yell, "Lean in", it doesn't mean to stop paddling if we are in the middle of a command. It means to get your center of gravity over the raft because we're about to hit a feature that may launch you.

 

Halfway down the Indian River, I heard cackling in the woods. It was Allegra taking a few more photos of us. 

Summer Rafting 2013

Remembering Grandma's 82nd birthday raft trip on 8/26/07

August 2nd - Here's a blast from the past (2002 - see below). Wayne Failing and Becky as a team at Middle Earth Expeditions. I'm back in the saddle again, as Wayne would say. North Creek Rafting Company purchased Middle Earth Expedition's 16-foot rafts - Aragorn and Windwalker.

 "How do we do it?" - Wayne Failing

"With style and grace." - Wayne Failing

August 1st  - Ellie, our raft-loving girl, turned 12. We celebrated with one of her favorite activities, WHITEWATER RAFTING (see below). Her 3 year old nephew, Stanley, rode along with her. They usually wear life jackets. See photos below taken by Jim Swedburg of Ellie riding the Narrows in the Hudson River Gorge.

July 21^st and 22^nd in Indian Lake, NY–The Peltons, of North Creek Rafting Company, participated in the Adirondack Challenge whitewater raft races with Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday and Monday. Mr. Pelton guided a crew of six rafters including Lieutenant Governor, Robert Duffy on Sunday. Mrs. Pelton guided a crew of six rafters Sunday and Monday. Her crews included reporters from Men’s Journal, The Wall Street Journal, The UK’s Travel Trunk, and North Country Public Radio. Mrs Pelton is pictured (below) with a paddle-shaped trophy for winning first place in her heat on Monday. Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mr. Pelton are also in the picture. The picture was taken at the awards ceremony at Gore Mountain ski area.

Check out video about the event at:

http://www.thetraveltrunk.net/index.php/home/tags/tag/raft

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/nyregion/cuomo-promotes-adirondack-tourism-by-taking-bloomberg-on-a-wet-ride.html?_r=0

Check out an article in Men's Journal about the Adirondack Park:

http://www.mensjournal.com/travel/mountain-wilderness/new-yorks-forgotten-wilderness-20130802

Pictures below from the race: 

 Check out Brian Mann's coverage at:

 http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22405/20130722/the-8-o-clock-hour-7-22-13

After the awards ceremony, Nate, Noah Howard, and I took a gondola ride up Gore Mountain with Nate's mom, Kathy Pelton (see below).