Rafting down the Poudre River with A Wanderlust Adventure

Monday, June 29th, 2009

This was probably one of the funnest weekends our family has had since moving to Colorado. On Thursday Grandma Brazelton came to town to hang out for the weekend. We took Katie to yoga the night she arrived, she didn’t like it that much, then Chipotle for dinner, she liked that.

Friday we headed up to my buddy Craig’s condo up in Winter Park. While we were up there we celebrated Carter’s 3rd birthday (lot’s of pictures at the link). Amazing Friday/Saturday in Winter Park with the family. Both days I was able to get out for a road ride. Riding at 9,500 feet will get ya.

Sunday morning Julie and I headed out early to white water raft on the Poudre River while grandma watched the kids. Neither of us had been rafting for years, Julie was nervous, I was excited. We went with a company called A Wanderlust Adventure and our guides name was Randy. As you can see from the photo’s and video’s below the day was an absolute blast. The water level on the Poudre was at an all time high from all the rain we received this season. High water meant fast water and our guide Randy was loving it on the category 1 – 4 rapids. I sat in the front of the boat and was given the roll of calling out the cadence for the stroke. 1, 2, 3…1, 2, 3. Julie sat behind me pretty much getting a free ride.

3 hours later we had survived and I don’t think Julie and I ever stopped smiling. I would highly RECOMMEND A Wanderlust Adventure and look forward to taking our friends and family on trips with them in the future.

This video was one of the category 4 rapids.