White Water Rafting

During our stay in Piedmont, my friend Anne organized a white water rafting trip with a bunch of people from work and ourselves. Anne, Yves, Kathryn and myself should all be recognizable to you after the intro to everyone, and the two fellows sitting behind Kathryn and I were Paul (left) and Ben (right) who are also Winnipeggers by origin who also happened to be out where the work was. The other people in the boat were a pair of sisters we had never met before and our guide who was very nice and got us all through intact.
The rapids we went over were Class 3 and 4 out of a potential 6 classes, so they were choppy without being dangerous. At one point we hit one funny and everyone on the left side of the boat went over the edge while everyone on the right was tossed across into their recently vacated seats. Even hurtling into churning waters unexpectedly, Kathryn is having the time of her life. The rafting company is very prepared with people throwing lines to anyone that falls in and rounding up gear so theres no danger in a tumble.
You likely all noticed that those pictures were clearly taken from shore by a photographer as both of us are in them, but I did also have my pocket waterproof camera with me just for fun and got a few pictures of people in the water at the end of things along with a little video.
The water was actually quite nice and warm once you were in it, but it was a slightly overcast and chilly day, so we were certainly glad we took Annes advice and rented half wetsuits from the company. So to anyone out there thinking of giving this nonsense a shot I would strongly recommend doing the same to stay a little warmer and enjoy yourself more .