my weekend was spent enjoying a peaceful float down a calm river in Golden, British Columbia....

pictures taken by the company and the rest by me

the start. that's me front left with SWMBO sat behind me

about to get very wet....

gotta keep paddling!

and on the journey up we bumped into a couple of locals...

yes that is a railway line they are playing on, unfortunately many perish each year scavenging for grain which is dropped from the rail cars. shame

Mark

Edited 29 June, 200917 yr by m17rkj

Wow!

It's a great experience isn't it?

Loving the bears :eek:

that's the second time we've done it, just such a laugh

got very lucky with the bears, two of them about 200m apart. always fantastic to see them

oh, and the guy "driving" is from Queenstown.....

mark

We nearly died when we went rafting :eek:

I'd do it again though!

feckin' hell!

7m drop :eek:

golden - kicking horse river?

did the same thing in 1994 - was brilliant

the guide told us there was a section we could jump in a float along behind the boat if we wanted - i was the only one to go in. no-one told me it took a few minutes to warm up in a wetsuit. the water was glacial cold, i couldn't breathe for about 30s

golden - kicking horse river?

did the same thing in 1994 - was brilliant

the guide told us there was a section we could jump in a float along behind the boat if we wanted - i was the only one to go in. no-one told me it took a few minutes to warm up in a wetsuit. the water was glacial cold, i couldn't breathe for about 30s

that's the place! i resisted the temptation to willingly die of hypothermia, but my pal in the front row didn't. fool

Mark