White Water Rafting on Ottawa River

Great team building activity and a lot of fun even for just a weekend adventure, this recycled post has some added comments in (brackets) and hope you enjoy and get the chance to do some white water rafting yourself.

Last weekend went camping and white water rafting on the Ottawa River. It was great to get back camping and the white water rafting added even more elements of fun. The only thing that slowed down the fun on the weekend was the 8 hour bus ride from Guelph to the camp. Its makes spending 12 hours on a plane seem like heaven as on the bus there is no one feeding you snacks, even less room to walk around and limited entertainment.

We arrived at the camp Friday night and started up a fire and just took in the night. It is really nice to look up in the sky and see all those stars. The following day we hit the water and had some amazing hits and rapids, we did flip once and went swimming a few times. It was my second time white water rafting and was as enjoyable as the first. The most enjoyable part was dropping down a 15 foot waterfall, we all survived and nobody flips on that one.

That following night was great as we where all tired and ready for a nice relaxing time around the fire. We ate some marshmallows and hotdogs as we chatted about life while watching the flames dance in the fire.

The next day I took a lazy day and ended sleeping half it away as was a little sore and “someone” gave me a red bull the night before and I wasn’t able to sleep till nearly 3am. Most of the group headed back out on the water and had a great day. Then it was back on the bus and another 8 hours back to Guelph.

If you are interested in heading out to the Ottawa River for some white water rafting the company we used was HorizonX and they have a website: http://www.horizonx.ca/

UPDATE TO THE STORY:

There were video and photos from the rafting, I will be posting the photos and videos here so that those that came can watch and relive the adventure and give the rest of you readers more reasons to get out and enjoy some white water rafting.