Colorado River: 1 Megan & Kristi: 0
Our good friend Kristi came to stay with us over 4th of July weekend. We were looking for fun things to do while she was in town, we decided on rafting- and rafting turned into kayaking on the mighty Colorado River. We went with the Rock Gardens Rafting Co. they seemed to have the best options. And it was about an 8 mile 3 hr adventure- starting just after No Name (yes, thats an exit) and ending just after some class III rapids in west Glenwood. They had many options & we liked that we could could go in kayaks and avoid the Shoshone rapids (which after our adventures I don't know if we would have survived- LOL). Mr. Wonderful had been kayaking before, Kristi and I had never been in one (let alone navigated rapids in one!)
"he went this and we went that way. I looked at hollywood and said where'd he go and hollywood said where'd who go?"
These were taken just a few minutes before Kristi and I hit a huge rock in the water and both went for an unintended swim! Kristi got back into the kayak.. I on the other-hand, had to be rescued (AKA yanked from the water by my life-vest and into a rafting boat to meet up with my partner in kayaking in calmer water) after being swept down-river by the current.
Once we were back in our kayak (we double duckied it) we were giggling and trying to figure out what went wrong and how we ended up in the water. All Mr. Wonderful saw was Kristi, all alone in the kayak. The good news is we both survived with minimal bruises and no one drowned. The bad news is I don't think I ever want to kayak the river ever again.
It was a beautiful part of the river & overall we had a good time. If there is a next time I think we will let someone else steer around the rocks!
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