Going Whitewater Rafting!!

[alex]

I'm off to the Ottawa Valley to go whitewater rafting with Wilderness Tours (for anyone familiar with the area) tomorrow with my Dad & my cousin!! My sister (T&N) booked it for us as our birthday gifts this year. Thanks Tamara!!!

 

My Dad has always wanted to go & although I have been rafting once before in Alberta, but I'm really excited to share this with him!! I'm going to get a waterproof disposable camera so I'll try to take some pics if they let me!

 

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

[lucy106]

Oh have fun!!!! I did that once in Vail, CO it was AWESOME!!! I am jealous! Have a great weekend and bring back pics!

[alex]

I'm even more excited to share this with my Dad.... he just showed me a little book with things written down that he wanted to do (rafting, hike a mountain, etc.) that he wrote almost 25 years ago & he actually has the exact place we're going written down as the place he wanted to raft!!! So he's been wanting to go here for 25 years!!!!!

Damn, cousins here... time to go!!! Bye again!!

[T&N]

I hope you have a great time!!! xoxo

[Jenleopard]

You are going to have "so" much fun!! Enjoy yourself!

[melglnh2o]

That is so sweet. Have a great time. I went whitewater rafting once and it was a blast. Enjoy!

[alex]

So I went rafting on Saturday & it was INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!!!

Thanks soooooo much Tamara (T&N... aka my big sister!) for the great birthday gift!!

We did the 1-day high adventure with Wilderness Tours in Beachburg, ON.. rafting on the Ottawa River with rapids, a bbq lunch & a little "cliff jump" into the water at one point! It was so much fun.. we're actually planning a small family trip for later on this summer so we can do it all again!! The facilities were awesome Whitewater rafting on the Ottawa River with Wilderness Tours, Ontario, Canada We're planning on renting some accomodations at Rafters & making a weekend out of it! Next time I am definately bungee jumping over the river!! I'm even looking into a 5-day intro to kayaking course!

 

Here are a few pics of our group hitting a part of some rapids that is referred to as The Greyhound Bus Eater!! It was intense!! Our guide actually got dumped at this point last summer & the hydraulics ended up bursting both her eardrums, which required surgery! She was a little nervous, but pushed us through head-first & was amazing!!

 

Here's a group shot of our rafting group, which was a family of 8 who had the joy (HA!) of sharing a raft with myself, my Dad & my cousin. We're all pretty big loudmouths, so besides nicknaming the raft the S.S. Titance & telling everyone we were going to die (lol) I think we were a hoot & seemed to get along amazingly well with everyone on the tour!! (especially the guides!)

I am 2nd from left in the back & my cousin Brett is to my left, my Dad is below Brett & Lara our amazing guide is beside my Dad.

 

The rest are a series of us shooting the Bus Eater!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also had a waterproof camera which my cousin strapped to his lifejacket so I can't wait to see those candid shots! (I knowhe definately has a shot of me flexing like a muscle man on top of some rocks surrounded by rapids! lol)

 

I would highly recommend whitewater rafting to anyone who has the oppotunity!!!! If you get the chance... DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!