Toil and Water Mix on a Raft Trip
November 10, 2011.
A Salmon River run offers something for the whole family – berry picking, campfire singing, cave exploring…even pedicures.
When the cool, deep shaft of the abandoned copper mine ended in a wall of rock, guide Mike Thurber turned to the group and said, “Turn off your flashlights.”
We were about 100 yards into an Idaho hillside. The lights went off as instructed, and in a moment of solemnity, 19-year-old Thurber quietly asked us to contemplate the phenomenon of utter darkness. For that instant, each of us was an island, alone in the black tunnel.
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