It's No Wonder Why "Whitewater" Starts With "Whit"

I've been taking a little bit of heat for not blogging recently. I apologize to my oh-so-small fan base. I returned from Hotlanta early this week and had a very nice time visiting with my sisters. One of the fun activities of the week was whitewater rafting on the Ocoee. This part of the river offers the most continuous stretch of Class III-IV Rapids in the country! I had the best time. It had been raining really hard and the river was very very high. It seriously was non-stop rapid action. Our "guide" was pretty serious and yelled at us a lot, but I was too busy looking for bears and enjoying the views to care. It started out as a pretty dreary day. All rain, a little lightening, no sun. Sounds like the perfect day for a water activity, right? It turned out to be fantastic. It still rained, we didn't see the sun, and the water felt like ice cubes, but we all were having too great of a time to care. We swam around in the frigid waters and screamed for our lives during the rapids. I spent about half of the trip in the very front of the raft - and oh man- what a ride! I knew right when I got slapped in the face by a huge wave that this day was going to be fun. It is funny because the outfitter place gave us these rain jackets to wear. Umm, were they serious? I got soaked from head to toe in the first 30 seconds. The rain jacket had no purpose. Check out the pictures from the day. I am sitting in the 2nd row. You can see my mouth open and close in excitement. Kyleigh is perfectly posed and is looking at the camera in each shot. She could totally win America's Next Top Model. We don't know who the random is in the yellow helmet. He wasn't with our party, but definitely offers some comedic relief to the intense photos. Check out his puffed cheeks. Looks like he is going to lose his breakfast. Not too long after these pictures were taken, we went through a crazy rapid and I, along with many others got sucked out of the raft. When I came up from under the water, I realized only two people, Matt and the guide, survived on the raft! Matt has no idea how he stayed in because he was up to his neck in water, while trying to stay inside the raft. Anyway, I think I found my new hobby. I hope to plan another trip soon!


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