Saturday, January 31, 2009

The First Rivers Riden In Ecuador By The Cranes



We finally rode 3 rivers on the 25th, 26th, and the 27th. My mom and I were all alone on our first rafting day. We meet up with Mat Terry. He was from Colorado too. We we ask for a really calm water. He gave us 2 class water and he said he would come with us. When we got to the put in it seemed like 4 class water. We were going in a ducky on this river. We did not have the camera to take pictures but it was a really beautifull scene.The water was really warm. There are no breaks through out the river. There were huge boleders we got stuck on. My mom keeped hitting me in the head with her paddle so it was hard to paddle. That river took arond 2 hours. We made plan for the 26th the next day. On the 26th we did some harder stuff. It was 4 class rapids. Everyone went on this rafting trip. We were in duckies again. We had Mats worker guide us. He was a really nice guy. The waves were around 6 feet tall. When I was with my dad around the 5th rapid we flipped. We flipped because we went into a hole side ways. That was my first time flipping. We were right in the middle of the longest rapid. The waves were tall and hard when you hit them. The water was cold on that river. I panicked but no one thought i did. We flipped the boat around and got back in. We were on the way to lunch right after that. We ate and played some games. We got back in and I went with mom this time.WE hit a couple of holes side ways but did not flip. The third day rafting Mat was going to show my dad some work on the river. It was a really shallow river. It seemed that you could walk the whole thing. The only ones to go on this river trip was Mat, Dad, and I. We left around 4 and got in around 8. I walked most of the river.When we took out we took out at our hotel that we were staying in.We went right into town. There were 2 rivers that intersected in the town and we had to row a littel up one of the rivers to get to the hotel. The hotel was right next to the river. We invited Mat to dinner for a good bye. Those were the funest rivers i have been on ever since i was born.

1 comment:

Kailey said...

hi emma
that sounds fun, except flipping.
hope you are having a great time!
kailey