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\"DSC_4733\"Forget back-to-school shopping–take the kids on a back-to-school rafting trip this year!\u00a0 Instead of a new outfit…….a new\u00a0Teva tan line!\u00a0 New golden highlights in the flowing tresses!\u00a0 The best summer vacation story…….the coolest new pics for Facebook.<\/p>\n

Seriously though, as we know from our river guides heading back to college soon, school is about to start and it’s going to be a lot harder to fit in a quick family getaway pretty soon here–but you still have plenty of options to get the whole group together on a rafting trip.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The classic family river trip is the South Fork of the American<\/a>, but if you have older kids or a taste for adventure, the Middle Fork’s<\/a> class IV rapids are exciting and challenging even to the most X-box and Halo addicted 15 year old……..or so I’ve been told.\u00a0 I know certain Halo-addicted river guides<\/a> who\u00a0will cast aside their weapons for a two-day river trip on the “MoFo” anyway……..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forget back-to-school shopping–take the kids on a back-to-school rafting trip this year!\u00a0 Instead of a new outfit…….a new\u00a0Teva tan line!\u00a0 New golden highlights in the flowing tresses!\u00a0 The best summer vacation story…….the coolest new pics for Facebook. 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