What a Weekend

Our weekend started off not so great. We had a nice Friday night hanging out with friends, but when we got back to our apartment we were greeted by a very grumpy landlord who changed his mind yet again about what date we had to leave our apartment.....he told us at 1:45 am on Saturday that we had to be out on Saturday. Excuse me?? This was the last in a sequence of events that made us both eager and annoyed to leave the love dungeon (our basement apartment.) So needless to say, Saturday was full of packing all of our belongings and trying to do one last load of laundry before we left our first home on awkward and angry terms. Thankfully we were able to stay with some friends near by, no problem. If we didn't have that option, we'd be out $$$ staying at a hotel until Wednesday.

THANKFULLY Sunday was a completely different story from Friday/Saturday. Sunday we went WHITE WATER RAFTING!!! It was so so fun. I was really scared because it was a "big release day" which means the dam that feeds the river was pumping 11,000 gallons per second instead of the normal 5,400. AAHH!! It freaked me out a little bit when all of the guides were talking about how big it was going to be, how hard we were going to have to paddle, etc. If the guides were freaked out, I thought I should be too. Once we got on the river, that fear turned into fun!! The first rapids we went through were pretty big but we made it through ok. Then we came up to another series of class IV rapids, and these were going to be a little more intense. Different parts of the river are named by people who have had bad accidents/near death experiences there. The guide told us that "IF we make it through "Maytag" in tact (washing machine analogy...yikes) then we'll go through "Bone Crusher". Maytag is a "hole" i believe, which is a big drop with a huge wave after it. The guide told us we would all have to lean forward and paddle for our lives to get through it. I was scared. We got towards it and everyone paddled like crazy, but our boat hit it a little off center so it went flying onto one side and back to the other so the boat was basically on its side. I remember my last thought being "The boat's going to flip and we're all falling out!" Next thing I know I'm going through wash cycle in the world's largest washing machine. Thankfully I didn't fly very far from the boat so I swam like crazy--while still holding my paddle. Yay!--and got pulled into the boat by my husband who was one of the lone survivors. We had to get the other four people who fell out before moving on. Needless to say, we didn't make it to Bone Crusher. After about an hour of white water, we made it to more calm waters where we took a break and had a snack. Then we floated down the river for about an hour and a half and got out to a delicious dinner of haddock and steak at our camp. IT WAS SO FUN!

Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures while there. :( My camera died and the pictures from the company were $20 each so we passed. The picture above is from the company's website so you can get the idea.