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Our tent city is calm Saturday morning before we start rafting. Jonathan
Sands sits around the fire while others finish their cold breakfast. |
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Mr. Whitcher and Mr. Couture address the scouts before we begin a nature
hike. |
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| The scouts walk on the rocks on a small river that flowed near our
campsite. |
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As part of the nature hike, we picked up trash near the river and along
the highway. |
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Our rafting guides get use ready to go down the French
Broad. They can be readily identified by their colored helmets. The troop
all wore white. |
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We start down the river at about 2:30pm. It is about 75 to 80 degrees
outside, and starting to rain. |
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Our first class 1 rapids was fun. |
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This area was more challenging. There were LOTS of rocks in the area. |
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| We were invited to go for a swim. Everyone was already wet, and the
river was just about the perfect temperature. |
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Our guide had us crouch down as we went over this one. We were the
second of four rafts, so my photos are of the last two going down. |
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The next boat goes down. |
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| Man does not live on rafting alone. The Rafting company treated us
to hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner. |
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The scouts were happy not to clean anything. |
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Relaxing Saturday morning before we depart. |
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