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River rafting was a blast! I kayaked the class III rapids, 3 days in a row with no problem Lots of adrenalyn though!! This was only my second time river kayaking and the first time I had ever been through this size of rapids. I was ok with the chance that I might go over and felt really confident in myself that if that happended I would respond well. Anyway, I did go over but not in the class III. I went over a large boulder with a sizable hole and my kayak went sideways. I tried to correct using my paddle on the wave side of the kayak which was the wrong move because the water caught it and threw me over. The water wasn't even cold! But it was freezing actually but I didn't even notice. I first noticed that it was hard to get my head up out of the water to breathe because
my knees were still strapped in! So I immediately kicked my legs out straight and I came up easily. The kayak was turned upside down and still right next to me and the paddle was underneath...the river was moving at a pretty good speed. I handed the paddle to Miguel and flipped over the kayak, all the while still in the water. My heart was going pretty good but I wasn't really scared - just super amped up and kinda week knee'd. I was able to pull myself back into the kayak by myself and get strapped up. As soon as I was in I turned around to see where Miguel was and leaned to far and flipped over again!!! That was funny though and I got to repeat all ov the above and get back in. It felt really good to have the 'boat turning over' first time out of the way and felt especially good to know that I am competent and able in that situation. Hell yeah! So I really want to go again!
andnowmiguel and I ran the river 3 times in 3 days, it was really scenic and beautiful. I have pictures only of really mellow river moments for obvious reasons

*Lots of pictures to follow so don't click on the spoiler if your computer is S L O W!*

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