Tuesday, July 6th
Rest day in Golden
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After a hard day's ride into Golden, we get today off before another hard day's ride out of Golden.
I spet in until 9am, which is a real treat after the 5:30am mornings of last week.
A bunch of us went white water rafting. On the kicking horse river in the afternoon. Rafting was a new experience for me, and a lot of fun. They gave us layers of wet suits, sweaters, gloves, booties, etc. before sending us down the class 3 and 4 rapids with only a guide to protect us. We got soaked in the 4 degree water, but saw the scenery from a different angle and had an exhilerating time.
At one point, I jokingly asked “when do we get to the swiming area?”. Our guide said, whenever you like, so we all jumped out of the boat and into the rapids. That was a lot of fun. Even better than the rafting.
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Daniel Longo
CIBC Corporate Development
(416) 956-3831
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Day 13
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5 comments:
glad you haven't dropped out yet. very surprising. hope you can hobble your way to the finish line. we'll be praying for you. lov viv and sab
The rafting trip sounds just great.
So fearless, good for you!
L
Dan - sounds like you are having a great trip thus far. I really enjoy reading your highlights (and wish that I was out riding instead of in the office). Keep it up! katherine
Yeah! White water rafting is great fun -- we did it in Jasper Park when went out west and it was one of the highlights of the trip. Mind you, we spent a lot of energy making sure that we stayed IN the raft!
Love Ma
Daniel - congrats on your trip & good luck. Your dad is showing everyone at work this blog. Couldn't you have taken him with you so we could have some peace for a change? My friend just bought a moped to ride from Fort Erie to Niagara Falls - it's top speed is 60, ideal is 50 km (it's called the Silver Bullet) - sounds like you'd beat it no problem!
Enjoy yourself, and next time you do it, take dad (we'll take up a collection to help pay for him!)- he sounds so envious!
Andrew
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