River Rafting!

We went river rafting on Friday and it was AWESOME!!! I had never been before and had a blast! Chels and Cindy stayed at the house and got massages while the rest of us went on a half day rafting trip. The river was through the rain forest and was very beautiful. They had a guide who took pictures for us:



This is so awesome, you can't even see us!

We went in class 2 and 3 rapids (out of 5) and no one fell out, amazing!

Here's another underwater shot, just coming up from a rapid

We were going around a corner and hit these rocks, yikes! Our guide was great and got us safely through all the rapids, though he did tease us about the "gringo eater" and said that is the rapid where most people fall out, ha ha :)

Here's our paddle high-fives

We almost went over this time. We sat on the outside of the boat until the guide yelled for us to get in, then we all had to jump in the spaces in the boat. Unfortunately during this hustle and bustle I accidentally punched Dan in the face and stomped on his foot. Sorry, Dan!

This was after the gringo eater where we almost lost it and flipped. I love Andrew's expression!

Boo was completely out of the boat until Dan reached back and pulled her in. I was just laughing the whole time and totally helpless--the only thing that kept me in the boat was taking up the whole space inside our seats that Dan and I were supposed to share. Poor Dan! :)

The boat had sections on the bottom for the water to rush out after we came up from the rapids, but there were times where we were completely underwater. It was so awesome!

I love this shot--just our heads are above water level.

Boo had to yell orders at us from the back of the boat because me, Andrew, and Barry couldn't hear what the guide was saying. Our guide laughed at Steph for being the "drill sargent" of the boat :)

The faster the rapids were, the faster Barry & Andrew would paddle, making the entire boat paddle furiously through each rapid! It was quite a funny sight, I'm sure...

Here we are at a waterfall when we stopped for a snack break

Rachel and Andrew at the waterfall

The rafting trip was so awesome, I can't wait to go again! I loved it!