The shuttle driver from our Grand Canyon outfitter showed Tracy into the River House, thinking she was the first of the crew to arrive. He was giving her the rundown on the house when this handsome devil (Jared) pops out of the next room and flashes a winning smile. She knew immediately that she was in trouble! Jared and Tracy flirted their way down the next 277 river miles of the Colorado like two junior high kids. Jared even serenaded Tracy with a bullhorn.

That first trip down the Grand Canyon, Jared promised that he'd take Tracy on a honeymoon trip down the Rogue River, just the two of them. Last summer Tracy managed to swing a cancelled permit for two. Racing down I-5 after work, the sweethearts just barely picked up the permit in time from the ranger station. They launched around 4:30pm and floated a few miles downstream from the put-in to camp on a small sandy beach just below Rainie Falls. That evening as they sat on a boulder in the river and watched the falls, Jared asked and Tracy said "Yes!"