Well, I am finally a raft guide as of Thursday the 11th of June!! It is the 16th right now and so far have taken three customer boats out (two today). Everything is going great and every time I get out on the water I feel much more comfortable.
I have met some interesting customers most of which are European. I took some people from Belarus and Serbia. Today I took some people from Holland and the whole time on the water they were speaking Dutch. I never figured out if they were talking trash about me, but the whole time I was with them I wanted to say..."Hey,....I don't speak freaky deaky dutch!" Some other people I took down were from Houston and Miami, so I could understand them very well. Business is going better now that people are traveling and it can only get better and busier from here on out.
About Me
- Alex Albers
- De Pere, Wisconsin, United States
- I am a 23 year old graduate from St. Norbert College. I majored in Biology and minored in chemistry. I'm planning on guiding this summer in Gardiner, MT. After that, who knows??? Maybe start a "real job"?
Black eye
Black eye from softball....you can even see the stiches from the ball.
My black eye
driving to bozeman and decided to take a picture.
Me
Getting engulfed by a wave on the river board.
Me
Getting rocked by the wave.
Me
Looking great!!
Me
Trying to keep my contacts in my eyes.
Mikey
Mike putzing along.
Mikey
Mike riding a wave.
Tree Planting
Just me helping to save the earth.
Guiding
Awesome hit with some customers!
Guiding
Guiding
A great hit in Picture Waves!!
Guiding
Wearing the Dry Top cause it was a little colder out.
Guiding
Me taking down a Korean Family. They were a fun bunch.
Me and Ben
Long distance shot of me and Ben River Boarding. Ben is a friend of Kevin, a fellow raft guide.
River Boarding
My face here is priceless and yes I am gasping for a breath.
Me River Boarding
Loving the water and exhausted.
A waterfall into Jewel Lake
Me
Above Jewel Lake
Black Mt.
This is black Mt. with a falls and Pine Lake in the distance
My Favorite Picture
Me fishing at Pine Lake(9032ft)
Elk Shed
This was found at the begining of our hike. I wanted it real bad!
Deer Creek Falls
This is where we stopped for lunch.
Going through the Canyon
The Yellowstone River
This is where we crossed to hike on the other side of the river.
On a suspension bridge crossing the Yellowstone River
Pam, Derek, and Myself
Elk skull and antlers
An interesting placement of an Elk mount found along the trail
A random Lake
An awesome lake along the hike that seemed to never have been touched.
A Large Creek
A random creek that was flowing fast into the yellowstone river. Derek was testing the water temp. You could feel the cold air blowing off the water and rocks.
A Marmot
We saw a marmot staring at us along the trail.
Huge rapid!
Me and Derek scaled a little rock wall to get close and take some pictures by this raging water.
Pam on a ledge
Me taking a picture of Pam as she was taking a picture of us.
Yellowstone River
A wide view of the rapid
Hiking
More hiking along the river.
Hiking
Continued hikiing and terrain getting much rockier.
A Cave
There was a cave like feature along the river and it still had snow in it.
My Feet
A picture of my feet and the raging water below.
ME
Still looking at the big rapids below.
Pam and Derek
Packing up from 2nd lunch break.
It started to Rain!
Mud was being built up on our shoes and this is Derek scrapping it off on a rock.
Montana White Water Sign
......and its just a sign
MWW Office
With Mary, Julie and Kevin present.
Loaded Bus
This is the bus loaded and ready to get to the river.
Montana White Water (downstairs)
This is where we gear people up and behind me you can see the river from the deck.
Snow in June
June 7th, In the morning with fresh snow on Mount Suplecur(I think thats the right name).
The Raft Float (35 miles on the Yellowstone)
Me, Derrick, Pat, and Pam
My Home. The wood place is mine.
My view of Gardiner from the cabins
more...
Same
More Hotspring...
Mammoth Hotsprings in Yellowstone
My view in the morning
This is what i see out of my tent everyday. NOT TOO BAD!
My Home for a week
This is castle rock or storm castle. Its one of the two, i don't know too much yet.
Our Camp
This is just a photo of the tents we had set up in the Park
Me in the Bad Lands
This was a hill that mike and I climbed just off of Jones Creek Trail
Walley and Rita
Ole D.R., Mike, and Myslef
This is from hunting up north in iron mountain. This is the crew heading West. All I can say is that Mike makes this picture.
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