7/1/09: Old ladies in wet suits…

“We stick a bunch of old ladies in wet suits and take them down the river.”

This was the response from the guy sitting next to me on the city bus who was loaded up with all sorts of gear. I had asked him where he was going; he is a raft guide working up near Denali National Park. He explained that all the cruise ships dump their guests at Seward and some of them chose to take the train north and jump in a boat with him for 2 hours, then back on the train they go. Evidently it wasn’t a as extreme as rafting the Futaleufu in Chile.