I enjoy going to the beach, but at heart, I’m not a sand and sea type of person. I’d much rather be nestled in a mountain top cabin with a mug of hot chocolate warming my hands while awaiting impending snow flurries. Despite my preference for mountain bliss, my now husband took me to float the Guadalupe River one summer day not too long after we began dating. Much inner trepidation ravaged my mind, but I smiled as we got our tubes and prepared to embark on this five hour journey. I felt a ping of concern as kayakers zoomed by donning helmets. Was there danger ahead? I didn’t know…