River Trip 2007

So this has been our first week of actually playing doctor. We've all been rotating through different parts of our hospital, doing half days on wards (doing admissions), nursery/OB, home visits, community physician visits, short call, and 1/2 days in clinic. We all were feeling pretty overwhelmed and extremely lame by midweek, so our program director and psychologist took us all on a river trip! It was SO incredibly fun- mostly just because we got to watch Jeremy dive for river junk for almost 5 hours straight...that kid can swim/dive like the wind!

Here we are, making mistake #1- the tying of the tubes...

Jeremy was out of his tube and diving by about 5 minutes into the trip...the kid seriously came up with treasure almost every time he went down...ridiculous!

Here's Kat, trying to use her tube as a trampoline...

Here's Rob, after he drowned someone and stole their shoe...

Brent got sucked into Jeremy's favorite pastime real quick and was diving for crap the rest of the time...and I do mean crap...every time he brought something up it was covered in nasty fish-butt smelling sludge...

Jeremy, with one of his new prized possessions...classy butterfly sunglasses...that's hot...

Here's Kat at the bottom of the pic, being cradled by Brent and Jeremy's legs and tubes after she was thrown out of her tube in some rapids...a consequence of the tying of the tubes, a fork in the river, some really big rocks and rapids, and an indecisive program director...we were glad she didn't drown because we only "sort of" know CPR.

Here's Jeremy, diving again:

Here's another gem that Jeremy brought up from the bottom...a pot pipe...and Jon and Rob saluting his efforts:

Getting a drink half way down the river...it was a balmy 112 degrees out. I think Amy is actually drinking sunscreen in this picture...it's an off-label use:

Here's Marty, wishing he had stayed at clinic:

Here's Jeremy after a GREAT dive...he found this sweet hat...and then found the owner later on...no, no...not at the bottom of the river- he found the kid that lost it after we got back to the tube rental place!

Here's Amy wearing one of the most valuable finds of the day, a beautiful high quality bikini top...and some cool aviator sunglasses that Jon pulled up:

Here I am, storing away our loot in our pirate chest...and you thought Jeremy brought this ice chest for cold drinks...

Jeremy with the find of the day...a Dead End sign that was crafted into some sort of oar by a river hobo...AWESOME! That's going in the call room!

Jon, with his stylish glasses and "pearl" necklace...

Here I am showing off another fine piece of eye wear and some glamorous beads:

And at the end of the day, we all had new pairs of sunglasses and major side aches from laughing so hard!

Here's the majority of what was found (minus 2 boom boxes, a hat, a pot pipe, a shower head, a desk fan, a tea bag, and a bikini bottom)...it was a good haul!

Here's a couple short videos from the day: