Day 38 (Aug 31, 2024) Grand Falls-Windsor, NF

We had a perfect day of rafting planned - and some of it was perfect, but not all.

To start, our rafting tour left from the river chalets - where we slept, so it was really easy to get there for the 10:30 start. The set us up with great wet suits (Micki was happy with purple) and we were ready to go. Weather was beautiful, in the 70s and sunny.

Outside our chalet ready to raft

But sadly, the tour overall was not what we had anticipated. The winds were very high so we spent a lot of time paddling and going nowhere. Overall, it wasn't as much fun as we had hoped. The focus seemed to be more on getting everyone soaked and on the guides trading off taking pictures of everyone getting soaked- which wasted a lot of time.  (Not to mention that, as we are in Newfoundland, getting soaked wasn't really our objective.) But to be fair, we were on the "light, family friendly tour" so we will have to try a more aggressive, less family-friendly, white water rafting tour next time. Regardless we enjoyed the sunny weather and the gorgeous river views. 

Tonight we are enjoying the calm evening on our deck by the river (in slippers) followed by dinner in our chalet, which is a perfect ending to our not so perfect day.