Weekend at the Ocoee River

I am so far behind on blogging, but as I don’t think many people read this thing I’m not sweatin it   This past weekend July 19th, Rick and I met up with some of friends for some fun on the Ocoee River. We took out first white water rafting trip last year and we had a blast. We decided that this year when we went that it would be a FULL RIVER experience. I can’t begin to tell you just how much fun we had.  This trip was planned months in advance and the wait only severed as building up the anticipation level to almost unbearable! About 2 weeks before we went, I tortured myself daily with videos on youtube and by the time our rafting trip got here I was simply terrified of the rapid named humongous/godzilla! I had watched video after video of this rapid eating people ALIVE! Disappearing into that churning wall of water and never surfacing again…………ok, that could be because the cameraman didn’t bother to swing around and show you where they were washed up on shore battered and bruised several miles down the river. Luckily, we sailed right on through Godzilla, even Broken Nose, Edge of the World and Hell Hole couldn’t stop us this day!

Our guide Danger Dan was amazing….He knows this river well. When he isn’t yelling at you to PADDLE PADDLE PADDLE – DONT STOP he will entertain you with a joke and even a song…..and if ever happen to have to the joy of rafting with Danger Dan, don’t forget to ask him to play the piano for you. Cherokee Rafting is the best. I am planning several more white water rafting trips before this summer is over and I can’t wait….

See ya on the River!!!!