Weekend with Dad

I had a fab Labor Day weekend in Charlotte with my dad whilst David was away with his brothers. We had a weekend of adventuring - the highlight of which was spending Saturday at the US National Whitewater Center. We ended up tackling the "Climb to Zip" and the "Mega Zip" courses as well as the adventure rafting. Let me tell you, the rafting trip is not for the faint of heart!

Our trip was exciting, to say the least! One of the "worst tips" our guide had ever seen. Awesome. We flipped coming through the competition rapids and all 7 in our boat were pitched out. Dad got pinned under a few boats before making it to the surface and I got pulled into an eddy and smooshed to the corner. At one point, I saw our guide jump between three boats trying to get to everyone - yikers.

Apparently, flipping where we did hardly ever happens, so I am determined to conquer my new rafting anxiety and try the course again soon! Major props to dad for beating me up the telephone pole climb and leading off the zip line.

If you want to see pictures of this little adventure - check out the online gallery on pages 3 and 4 using the link below. We are the white raft - dad's feet would be the two sticking out of the water towards the end. Again, yikers.

http://www.photos.usnwc.org/Water-Sports-Photos/9-05-09/500-600/9527805_mCLRF#640394578_8gZZt

All's well that ends well, though and after we caught our breath, we had a yummy dinner on the patio, enjoyed live music, and shot the following pictures. I was trying to make it like a Rorschach tests - when we heard the name of the activity, we made the first face that came to our mind. Hehe.

Thanks to my sweet dad for a lovely weekend together.

Mega Zip line...




Climb to Zip...




Rafting...