Linda Mac's Orlando Adventures

Today's Theme: Gather 'Round the Campfire

It's the last full day of our Adventure By Disney and finally time to go rafting down the Colorado River. This was one event that I was really looking forward to but also a little nervous about. We had no idea of what to expect. I had seen posters at our last hotel for river rafting that shows large groups of people sitting in a very boring looking boat going down the river. I wanted a little more excitement then that but didn't want to have to be pulled out of the river either.

As you will see from the pictures below we had what I would call regular size rafts. I should have guessed from looking at the river for the past few days from my room and from driving up and down Highway 128, that this section of the Colorado is as mellow as it gets. Each raft had a guide that spent most of their time rowing us down the river and explaining the different points of interest along the way. There were several areas of the river that had "rapids", if that's what you want to call them. Don't get me wrong, it was a great trip and the scenery was out of this world but the rapids weren't not what I expected. Now I know why Mike or Tiffany giggled at me when I asked if the ride would be rougher then Kali River Rapids.

I took a chance and carried one of my older point and shoot cameras that is pretty much on it's leg anyway. There are small metal boxes you can request for keeping your stuff dry. They are big enough to hold a t-shirt and a few miscellaneous small items. Since our raft was not in most of the water fights it was easy to keep the camera safe. I had a zip-lock bag in the pocket of my shorts just in case. Sunscreen was very, very important on this adventure.

Enjoy the photos!

Linda Lou

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Linda Lou and Deb

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Michelle and Annette from MouseFanTravel.com

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What are they doing? Sky Diving? Well, Ronia burns very easily so by the time she was all covered up and had a life jacket on it was easy to mistake her for a sky diver. And Mike couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a little fun.

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The AllEars Adventurers getting ready to river raft

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Our new friends, Bobby and Kate

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No turning back now!

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Our raft upclose

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Deb, Linda Lou and The Catania Family heading out

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Michelle taking a dare and a swim

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Our boat did not have any buckets or pails and no one would share with us. It's impossible to have a good water fight without pails. But someone on one of the other rafts said we could have a pail "if we came and got it". Their plan was to ambush our raft but Michelle just jumped in and started swimming over to them. They did keep their promise and we were in the game

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Mike never stopped working. That's him in the river taking pictures

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Let the water wars begins

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A lazy ride down the Colorado River

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Getting ready for another water fight

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More Rapids

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A beautiful view of the mesas in the background with our group rafting and swimming.

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Ann and George on the river

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Michelle takes a turn at rowing down the Colorado River

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Colorado River Rapids

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Mike has his hands full with his boat crew

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The biggest rapid we faced "Jaws"

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More "big" rapids

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The "take out' spot where our motor coach is waiting to take us back to the Red Cliffs Lodge which is just a mile or so down the river.

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Beci from MouseFanTravel.com after our rough and tumble ride down the rapids. LOL

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