That’s right folks! Today is No.50! I have shared stories about Doc, my dogs, Doc, and more! (Namely Doc.) Now you may be wondering why I haven’t posted sooner. That’s because I was on a rafting trip! I slept over at my friend Gabi’s house two Sundays ago, then at 6AM on Monday we drove five hours to the Grand Ronde River!

On the first day, we met up with some of Gabi’s family friends and rafted for about three miles (which took about 40 to 60 minutes. We swam for a bit and then set up camp. (Just so you know, the river is about 44 miles long.)

On Tuesday, we rafted for 19 MILES. We went about three miles per hour (with a few swim breaks in between), so we were on the water for about 6 to 7 HOURS! Unfortunately, throughout the trip, the water level would drop a few inches, so we got caught on A LOT of rocks and for the last few yards of the trip, we pretty much had to drag the raft.

On Wednesday, we decided to raft the last 21 miles. We ORIGINALLY planned to raft only 9 miles and set up our tents early, but we decided not to. With the water level dropping quickly, we would probably have to drag the raft more than paddle if we stayed until Thursday. We were VERY worn out by the end, so we packed up and started the 7-hour drive from the end of the river to Portland.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t take any photos because I would have been VERY upset if I lost my camera. When you go rafting, you have to bring anything you would be okay with losing. So in reality, I could have lied about all of it. If you REALLY want proof, there will be a LARGE water bill coming to my parents, because the hot shower I took when I got home was EPIC.

In OOOOOOOOOTHER news (I bet you all noticed how smooth that topic switch was), I want to wish an early Happy Birthday to my grandpa. I will be in Napa with “Poppy” and the rest of my family next week, so chances are, I will be too busy to post. I will try my best to get a post in more regularly, though. Anyway, Happy Birthday Poppy!

Unfortunately, Doc is sleeping, so I can’t get a video of him singing Happy Birthday, but there will be plenty of cuteness to blog about from Napa.

Poppy-I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday. I appreciate all of the help, funny emails, and whipped-cream-fight threats (long story) that I have gotten from you over the years. Your birthday BETTER be full of fun or I will squirt whipped cream in your face. Just because it is your birthday DOESN’T mean I will go easy on you…

I ALSO have a cool video for you. Big surprise, it isn’t an SNL skit! (But I will have one of those later…)

And also SNL:

Finally, Actor Of The Week!

Zoe Saldana!

She is a great actor who has been in a bunch of awesome movies including Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and 2, Star Trek, Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Book of Life, and Missing Link!

Have a great weekend!

-Grace