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The sun came out and we broke out the new airpump.
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Phew!
The kids had to jump in it immediately.
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...and it got plenty of use.
After several days of hard usage, we are ready to trust our lives to this old red raft.
Now to name it... "Big Red, Red October, Red Dawn"... guess we'll have to wait for something to happen on the river to give it the perfect name.