Rafting the Colorado

Yesterday we decided to raft the Colorado River. We were told to arrive at 8:30 am which we did and found out that there were only two other people going with us. This was great. No large group; no multiple rafts to deal with. We had a very scenic drive up the river to the entry spot. Besides our raft, they also had an inflatable kayak for two.  When asked who wanted to try it out, we immediately took the opportunity. Off we went. We stayed behind the raft per instructions and paddled away. I was a bit nervous when to,d that our first set of rapids was coming up, but we made it thru without a problem. Then the next set. They were much bigger and faster. I was white- knuckling the paddle as Marty kept us perpendicular to the rapids. Up and down we went. Water in the kayak. My heart was pounding. I did not want to flip over. We got thru and when we asked if there was more like this- our guide said yes and there were bigger ones after that. Well, we were done with kayaking. We pulled over, deflated the kayak and resumed our trip. We had a blast in the kayak for the first hour of our trip.
At noon, the two prop,e we were with got out because they only did the half day trip and picked up a few more people doing the second half of the day.
More rapids, more floating, more rapids. We stopped for a great lunch on a beach as well. It was a perfect day to be on the water.

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