This is just part of my college bucket list... and it probably doesn't mean much to people outside of Montana. There's a river that run really close to Bozeman that people float every year when the weather is nice, which is like June to September. I've been in Bozeman for two and a half years at this point, and still haven't done it. Friends have asked me to go a few times, and we've even made plans, but they always just fell through. So before I graduate in a year and a half, I'm determined to float the damn river.
This isn't some big event that will forever change my life, but it's a big enough event that I'll remember doing it when I'm sixty years old, and am reminiscing about stupid stuff that I did in college because, let's be honest, I'll end up doing something extraordinarily stupid when we float it. It's just who I am.
And speaking of my college bucket list, I've completed three of the things on my list. One of them was to ski Bridger, which I did unsuccessfully... I ended up getting ski patrolled and then had to get ambulanced to the emergency because I had an asthma attack and wasn't breathing on my own. It was a failed attempt, but I gave it my all... and I scared my self shitless in the process, so I will NOT be doing that again for at least a few years! The second thing was going to the Boiling River in Yellowstone. It was actually really cool... and really hot! But it was a lot of fun and I'm extremely glad that I did it! Although, once again... it was not without injury. I stepped on a rock when we were getting out and my foot was swollen for a few days afterward. The other thing that I have completed on my college bucket list was to get drunk in an RA's room while underage. I was successful at that one three times... and some wonderful stories came out of those nights. And, keeping with the pattern, I had another injury. But this one was genuinely not my fault... it was the fault of my crazy ass drunk friend, who was the RA... and it was hilarious so I'm not even sure if I count that one.
The moral of the story is that no matter what is on my college bucket list, it will result in some form of injury. So I guess I just need to be prepared.....
