Mark and I took a nice drive today up to the Red Feather Lakes area in Larimer County. We checked out the Dowdy Lake campground and it's one we'd like to camp at for a couple of days. Lots of pine trees, a beautiful lake and the camping spaces don't seem like they are on top of each other.
We took Hwy 14 up along the Poudre River which is always a gorgeous drive and today was no exception. The river is exceptionally high and fast right now due to mountain snow melting. There were a lot of rafting groups on the river and unfortunately for one group, it turned out deadly.
As we were driving up the highway, I saw a guy giving CPR to a man on the ground. Apparently according to the news tonight, one of the rafts overturned and one individual received a broken leg while another was swept downstream. Someone on the bank saw the body come down and got it out of the water, but it was too late. He couldn't revive him.
The two pictures on the right show how rough the Poudre River is right now. This particular raft was about a mile upstream from where the other capsized. Definitely not a good day for rafting!
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