Memorial Day and the Gila Box

This Memorial Day this year Denver and I got to go to the Gila Box and tube down the rapids! Well considering that we were on the Gila River...the rapids weren't too rough....don't worry! Denver and I were really excited to get to go and see the place where the Gila Valley Temple's mural was painted from. It is gorgeous down there! When we got there we found the perfect spot for the family to set up camp for the day. The water was a little chili at first but once you got in it was really nice and it kept you cool during the summer heat. We even got to go tubing a little bit. My dad dropped us off a little ways up stream and we floated down. It wasn't too bad except at the very beginning. Denver, my mom, and I got down to the river and saw that it looked a little dangerous for a prego girl to be floating down, so we decided to try it a little further downstream. Long story short...Denver and my mom got swept away by the current and my mom lost her shoes and Denver got a big bruise but they were just fine. I was the lucky one! We had a blast being able to spend time with the family!