I went tubing with the youth group today. It was the kind of tubing where you just float down the river. Our first trip was the short trip. It’s about a mile long and takes about a half-hour. It was fun but it was also overcast and a little cold so we were glad the river was moving fast and the trip didn’t take too long. Then we stopped for a lunch. After lunch we headed out for the long trip. They drop you off 5 miles up river and it takes about 3-4 hours to get to the end, depending on how fast the river was moving.

Since Lexi was born I haven’t been able to do to much with the youth group so it was great to be able to go with them today. Tubing is one of those trips that doesn’t require much of the leaders other than floating and chatting with people, which is what I really wanted to do since I haven’t seen some of the kids all summer long. It was fun to catch up and hang out.

The downside of the day was despite putting on sunblock (twice) I still managed to burn. My chest and shoulders are burnt and my legs from my knees to the middle of my calves are fried. Except for a few spots on my knees - it looks like I put stickers or something on my knees to keep the sun off. Weird.