{"id":16686,"date":"2018-06-22T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=16686"},"modified":"2018-06-24T19:14:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T02:14:14","slug":"summer-vacation-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Vacation to Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years from now my kids will insist we once took them to hell on a summer vacation. And because memory is more of a highlight reel than a full-length film, they will argue about which summer we went and exactly what hell was like, but they will agree that we took them to hell. And, they won\u2019t be entirely wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16690\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175053\/Lodore-1_PC-Roses-Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175053\/Lodore-1_PC-Roses-Family.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175053\/Lodore-1_PC-Roses-Family-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175053\/Lodore-1_PC-Roses-Family-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175053\/Lodore-1_PC-Roses-Family-1000x750.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To be sure there was sulphur\u2014hell\u2019s perfume. Out of White Sulphur Springs, we rafted a 59 mile stretch of the Smith River in Montana; then more sulphur at the hot springs of Thermopolis, Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Hell\u2019s topography mapped our route with holes, canyons, gorges and gates. We descended into and through Jackson Hole; we rafted through Hell\u2019s Canyon on the Snake River; on the Green River through the Gates of Lodore we rowed a rapid called Hell\u2019s Half Mile; on the American River another called Satan\u2019s Cesspool; we drove to Yuba City, California, a place that, in July, might as well be hell; on the way home we parked near Devil\u2019s Gate, where we ate PB&amp;Js; and then, finally, we skirted Devil\u2019s Tower.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the place names become casualties of memory, the kids will certainly recall heat, pain, and eternity in various manifestations.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16686 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-5_pc-roses-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175049\/Lodore-5_PC-Roses-family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/hells_pc-grandfield-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175054\/Hells_PC-Grandfield-Family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-7_pc-roses-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175047\/Lodore-7_PC-Roses-Family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For my oldest daughter, hell was the almost impossible daily task of being the oldest daughter, who, by her own exacting standards, is, at all times, required to be buoyant, grateful, and generous. For my middle daughter, it was the forced proximity to family and the corresponding exile from friends. My son\u2019s memory will be of more corporeal discomforts like actual heat and pain and the possibility that other kids played with his toys back at our house.<\/p>\n<p>When these painful memories surface, my wife and I will remind them that good intentions paved our entire summer vacation.<\/p>\n<p>We <em>intended<\/em> to use the money generated from renting our house on Airbnb to pay for a bedroom and bathroom we had built over the winter. We <em>intended<\/em> to break our children\u2019s screen addictions. We <em>intended<\/em> to make them love running rivers as much as we do. We <em>intended<\/em> to find some other families with children to raft with. We <em>intended<\/em> spontaneity. We <em>intended<\/em> to have a summer of closeness (forced or otherwise).<\/p>\n<p>And, to be fair, we ended up being (mostly) successful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16700\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175041\/Lodore-11_PC-Roses-Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175041\/Lodore-11_PC-Roses-Family.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175041\/Lodore-11_PC-Roses-Family-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175041\/Lodore-11_PC-Roses-Family-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175041\/Lodore-11_PC-Roses-Family-1000x750.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We didn\u2019t pay off the bedroom and bathroom. We found ourselves in too many stores that sold whitewater gear. \u00a0And had too many conversations like the following exchange between my wife and me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you pack the kayak paddle?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNo, did you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We did win on the screen front. Deep river canyons discourage internet connectivity while encouraging the actual connectivity where you talk to each other, laugh with each other, or scream at each other (it\u2019s never perfect).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16686 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-9_pc-roses-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175045\/Lodore-9_PC-Roses-Family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-8_pc-roses-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175046\/Lodore-8_PC-Roses-Family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-3_pc-roses-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175051\/Lodore-3_PC-Roses-Family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Did our kids learn to love rivers? We can\u2019t know that. Not yet. They floated a lot of river miles. They rowed a raft. They paddled the inflatable kayak. They ran some fun rapids and some scary rapids. They saw a bear, bighorn sheep, beaver, deer, bats, eagles, osprey, a pair of skunks that raided our camp and ran across our boats and our sleeping bags. They hiked to waterfalls, caves with pictographs, abandoned cabins. They fished, they jumped off cliffs into rivers, they swam rapids.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows which of these experiences will lodge in their memory? And who knows how these experiences will percolate? If you were to ask my middle daughter about running rivers right now, she would offer a reflexive eye roll and tell you \u201chow terrible\u201d it was, but maybe she will be the one who becomes a river guide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee that tree,\u201d she will say pointing out a dead tree to some unimpressed kid.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s called a silent dog tree.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Why?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c\u2019Cause it\u2019s got no bark.\u201d ba-dum-da!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16693\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175050\/Lodore-4_PC-Roses-Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175050\/Lodore-4_PC-Roses-Family.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175050\/Lodore-4_PC-Roses-Family-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175050\/Lodore-4_PC-Roses-Family-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175050\/Lodore-4_PC-Roses-Family-1000x750.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We did meet and raft with other families and our kids met other kids. In Hells Canyon we rafted with a newly divorced father trying to give his kids a great summer vacation and, I think, succeeding. Our kids and his kids reinvented themselves as Gods and created the mythology to match as we floated through the deepest canyon in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Gates of Lodore, we rafted with a Mormon Group who had invited us on their trip on the conditions of \u201cNo Alcohol, Profanity, or Nudity.\u201d My wife and I managed to keep our clothes on and not drink beer. But the profanity thing proved harder. My wife dropped the f-bomb when her kayak dropped into a huge hole that she hadn\u2019t seen. She was, due to the circumstances, forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>All of the people we met were great people. And sincere promises were made to take future trips together.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-16686 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-6_pc-roses-family_square\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175040\/Lodore-6_PC-Roses-Family_square-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175040\/Lodore-6_PC-Roses-Family_square-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175040\/Lodore-6_PC-Roses-Family_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175040\/Lodore-6_PC-Roses-Family_square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175040\/Lodore-6_PC-Roses-Family_square-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175040\/Lodore-6_PC-Roses-Family_square.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/06\/22\/summer-vacation-to-hell\/lodore-10_pc-roses-family\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175043\/Lodore-10_PC-Roses-Family-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We also managed to be spontaneous, although this is always more of my goal than my wife\u2019s. In fact, we were so spontaneous that we \u201cate\u201d the reservation fee for three different campgrounds where we didn\u2019t end up staying when our plans changed. But the revision to our plans worked out fine. We stumbled onto an amazing lakeside fireworks display in Cascade, Idaho. Listened to a high school marching band serenade us in Jackson, Wyoming. And scored tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert in Sacramento from one of the couples we were rafting with who couldn\u2019t use them.<\/p>\n<p>As for closeness, forced and otherwise. We lived in a van, traveled in a sixteen-foot raft, slept five in a four-man tent. We were close. When the trip ended and we came home, the kids went to their own far-flung rooms to live their own lives and my wife and I fell back into our routines. The sudden distance reminded me how close we were on the trip, which doesn\u2019t mean we were always happy, or always kind; it means we were always close.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16706\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175037\/Vacay-from-Hell-Punched-Up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175037\/Vacay-from-Hell-Punched-Up.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175037\/Vacay-from-Hell-Punched-Up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175037\/Vacay-from-Hell-Punched-Up-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/31175037\/Vacay-from-Hell-Punched-Up-1000x750.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vacations always seem to develop a theme. And between the triple-digit temperatures, our children\u2019s real and imagined suffering and the places we traveled, our theme, we joked, was hell, which fits because as Mark Twain once said, \u201cyou go to heaven for the climate, but you go to hell for the company.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years from now my kids will insist we once took them to hell on a summer vacation. 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