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June 23, 2012

Whitewater Rafting: Dam Release

A few weeks earlier, Jared sent an email around suggesting we take a roadtrip out Pennsylvania's Lehigh Gorge State Park to take a whitewater rafting trip. We chose to go during one of the weekends that they release the water from a nearby dam causing class II-III whitewater ("medium waves with 3-5 foot drops") covering 12 miles of river in about 4 hours.

Saturday, June 23rd

Jared and Gurj picked us up at 9am. Headed west.
driving ˆ roadtrip
me, meredith, quinn
Me, Mer and Quinn in the back.
roadtrip ˆ sunglasses ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
By 11am we were driving past corn fields.
driving ˆ field ˆ roadtrip
Amber waves of grain. And power lines.
driving ˆ field ˆ roadtrip
Lehigh Valley.
bridge ˆ driving ˆ scenic overlook
What do they make here?
buildings ˆ driving ˆ factory
Car lot flags.
driving ˆ flags
Hahaha.
segway ˆ strangers ˆ wtf
I love the way houses sit next to each other in this part of Pennsylvania.
Changing into our rafting gear.
van
jeet, meredith, quinn
After getting suited up with life jackets...
jeet ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
jared, jeet, meredith, quinn
...we grabbed some lunch and waited for our group to be called to head down to the river.
jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
jeet, meredith
Ready for some rafting.
jeet ˆ meredith
A little bit past noon, they summoned our group...
walking
jeet, meredith, quinn
...outfitted us with paddles and marched us over...
bus ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
...to a school bus to drive us up-river.
bus
jared, jeet, meredith, quinn
So excited for a rafting adventure!
bus ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
After the bus dropped us off, we had a 25-minute walk through the forest to get down to the raft launching area.
trees ˆ walking
We got to pass a lot really neat stone bridges.
bridge ˆ walking
Don't cross the streams!
best ˆ river ˆ walking
Waiting in line to get our raft.
raft ˆ river
I didn't have a waterproof camera case for the camera I had at the time so this is the last photo I have of the day. The raft was really fun!
raft ˆ river