What a blast we had!
Since we don't do big family vacations we usually get season passes to an amusement park in the area. We go as cheaply as possible, taking our own food and never letting the boys play arcade or midway games. Well to give them their "midway" fix we take them to Circus Circus in Reno at the end of the summer and for a fraction of the price of midway games at the amusement parks they have a blast playing games and winning prizes at the casino.
Of course being the kind of mom that I am, I always try to add something educational or "enriching" for us to do. We've gone to museums, ranches, learned about gold panning and have even gone driving for hours in the mountains admiring the beauty of the Sierras.
I've ALWAYS wanted to go white water rafting. There are a lot of things that I want to do that I've not been able to because the boys were too little or because my husband's disability I just thought I'd never do.
This year I said "I'm going on an adventure!" I looked up a couple of companies on line and ended up at this website http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/plan_your_trip/outdoors/kayak_park/.
Here's some of the white water we saw
I asked the two older boys if they were interested in going, of course Willy said yes but Ben was apprehensive about going kayaking, he'd rather go in a raft. So we set off to look into it when we got to Reno.
Well, needless to say, WE DID IT! And got the pictures to prove it!
Little Willy, with the sun rays shining down on him
Willy was a CHAMP, Ben did amazingly well, and I.....well, I was behind the pack for most of the trip. Every rock that there was to get stuck on, I was stuck AND I was the first to unintentionally flip. Yes, I fell in the Truckee river it was cold, but I got back on my kayak, not very gracefully but I got my butt back in! I also got attacked by some bushes that were on the side of the river, everyone else went under them so I thought it was ok! BUT our guide did not have to come rescue me, not once. Every bad situation I got into, I got out of all by my myself! I'm so proud :)
I wasn't all rough water, there were amazing stretches where the water was clear and beautiful, we took this time to splash and cool eachother off with our paddles :)
Because of my surgeries, my hands and arms were weak, but I still made it. My hands, arms, tricepts, pectorals, thighs, buttox, all sore, very sore. But I had the TIME OF MY LIFE!
I bought a disposable waterproof camera, so the pics aren't so great but I've got pictures!!!
Of course being the kind of mom that I am, I always try to add something educational or "enriching" for us to do. We've gone to museums, ranches, learned about gold panning and have even gone driving for hours in the mountains admiring the beauty of the Sierras.
I've ALWAYS wanted to go white water rafting. There are a lot of things that I want to do that I've not been able to because the boys were too little or because my husband's disability I just thought I'd never do.
This year I said "I'm going on an adventure!" I looked up a couple of companies on line and ended up at this website http://www.visitrenotahoe.com/plan_your_trip/outdoors/kayak_park/.
Here's some of the white water we saw
I asked the two older boys if they were interested in going, of course Willy said yes but Ben was apprehensive about going kayaking, he'd rather go in a raft. So we set off to look into it when we got to Reno.
Well, needless to say, WE DID IT! And got the pictures to prove it!
Little Willy, with the sun rays shining down on him
Willy was a CHAMP, Ben did amazingly well, and I.....well, I was behind the pack for most of the trip. Every rock that there was to get stuck on, I was stuck AND I was the first to unintentionally flip. Yes, I fell in the Truckee river it was cold, but I got back on my kayak, not very gracefully but I got my butt back in! I also got attacked by some bushes that were on the side of the river, everyone else went under them so I thought it was ok! BUT our guide did not have to come rescue me, not once. Every bad situation I got into, I got out of all by my myself! I'm so proud :)
I wasn't all rough water, there were amazing stretches where the water was clear and beautiful, we took this time to splash and cool eachother off with our paddles :)
Because of my surgeries, my hands and arms were weak, but I still made it. My hands, arms, tricepts, pectorals, thighs, buttox, all sore, very sore. But I had the TIME OF MY LIFE!
I bought a disposable waterproof camera, so the pics aren't so great but I've got pictures!!!
posted by Rebecca at 8:21 PM
4 Comments:
So awesome, Rebecca! I'm glad you all had a great time. That river looks so peaceful and fun.
Great pics Rebecca, even w/ a disposable camera! All your adventures looked like you and the boys had fun!
So glad you were able to get photos of this! It sounds like you and the boys had an awesome time.
you sound like I did when I did the ATV thing in Alaska - Rebecca 1, Nature 0! Awesome for you, what a cool accomplishment and I know a wonderful feeling.
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