It had to be the most amazingly perfect day for a float ever. The sun was bright but the air slightly cool.  The rain swollen river was wider and a little faster than usual. It was just enough deeper to skim over the get out and drag it over the rocks turn. It was Friday morning peaceful, with only our family and a few other people out. No blaring music or drunken shouts, just rippling waves, turtles sunning on a protruding branch, and the splash of water in the river cave.