Our guest and crew, Bill, has been appointed tour director and with some ideas from Dad, they decided on a few, and landed on a white water rafting tour. We signed up and the next day, we showed up and hopped into the company van. All five of us sat into the back, and no sooner did we pick up two more tourists we were off to the river, the wonderful river of Oz (actually, the Savegre river). On the way the guides asked us what we wanted for lunch after our tour. The menu was chicken, beef, or, pork. It all sounded so good it was hard to choose from. We then all decided, and placed our orders.

After another thirty-minute drive, we reached the river. While the guides blew up the rafts (three single rafts, and two group rafts) we were given a small safety lecture. We received our gear and went into groups, then off on the river. Two of the guides got the single rafts, while Dad got the other one. The other guides were with the two groups. We went down the river paddling, turning, zipping around rocks, and having water wars with other rafts.

For a halfway stop, we pulled up our rafts, and proceeded to a waterfall, for a snack and a rest. The guides cut up two pineapples and laid out some cookies. All around, there were frogs everywhere, at least a hundred in our area. Everyone had their snack, and then a guide painted our faces with wet stones. What a look!

After the break, we went back to the rafts and one of the guides asked me if Ryan or I wanted to try out a single raft. I answered first and said that I wanted to. Dad gave up his raft and I put it in the water and got the basics down. I went down a white water set, and did exceptionally well. I really impressed the guides, and I really impressed myself to. Then after a few more sets, I handed it over to Ryan. He did really well too, and after a few more sets, Mom gave a try at it. She used it all the way to the end of our tour, and then we pulled over to deflate the rafts and put them in the van. We also put our gear away, and went in to the car to wait for the ride to the boat.

We had a very exciting time white water rafting, now its time to go surfing! Check out Ryan's story....