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Whitewater Rafting on the
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Our twelve eager whitewater rafters arrived at the campground late in the afternoon on Saturday. We pitched our three tents along the
Kennebec river, enjoyed a dinner of pasta & s'mores around the campfire, and explored the area a bit before settling into our
sleeping bags for a cozy night's rest.
The next morning we started things off with a breakfast of oatmeal, picked up our campsite, and headed across to the Crab Apple Whitewater lodge. At the lodge we got our highly fashionable wetsuits – modeled below by Claudia and Katerine (left) and Sarah, Alexandra, David and Kenzie (right) – as we prepared ourselves for a day of excitement and adventure! |
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In the basement of the lodge, Serena, Solynka, Erin and Bridget await the safety demonstaration which we watched before beginning our rafting journey.
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Claudia grabs her gear as we head for the rafts.
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Katerine, Therese, Kenzie, Claudia, David and Sarah are all set to raft!
Helmets? Check! Paddles? Check! River? Oops... apparently we weren't quite ready to go. |
So we carried our rafts down to the river. The staircase had nice rails which made the job a whole lot easier.
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Our starting point on the Kennebec River was just below the power dam. |
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According to Rob, our guide and owner of Crab Apple Whitewater (far right in photo), the water level in the river was perfect.
We had a nice swift current with enough depth to avoid getting caught on rocks.
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Finally on the river... the real fun begins!
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Floating down the Kennebec.
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Every so often we'd pull over to let the video camera guy in a kayak get ahead of us.
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Below, Kenzie, Claudia, Katerine and Brendan take a granola bar break. At right, Katerine and Therese are ready to head back out on the river. |
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At several points along the river we had a chance to jump out of the rafts and go for a swim. The water was pretty cold
but most of us took the plunge at least once.
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Katerine really loved it!
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Back at the lodge, Alexandra, Sarah, Solynka and Serena enjoy the 100-degree hot tub at the end of our day, while others swam
in the 85-degree pool.After showers and a BBQ lunch with the staff, we packed up and hit the road for our long drive back to Clark. |