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Friday 23rd July, Saturday 24th July, Sunday 25th July
Hello my fellow blog readers!
Friday we both bought an inner car tube for $20 each and drove up to the top of the river to tube down. It was pretty intense and dangerous i thought! No lifeguards or anyone watching what you were doing we nearly toppled over a few times it was quite fast in parts with lots of dips and rushes and rocks - somewhere I would expect them to do white water rafting not youngsters in a car tube! We hsad only got 5 minutes down the hour long river ride and we hit a tree stick thing we were stuck then Mikes tube went down like a lead balloion. We were in quite a rough bit - i floated off down the river and managed to pull to the side a couple of hundred yards down and mike was stuck there. He didnt want to swim as it was full of rocks and fast flowing water. He had cut his knee and bashed his shins and was currently just stood in the middle of the roky rapids with a huge stick like jesus. People couldnt help him as by the time they had seen him they'd drifted right past him and couldnt ppeturn round. I tried borrowing a tube off some camp group hiking back up on mainland scurrying off trail and dropping in the river to throw to him when I floated by. However that didnt work as the current threw be on the other side. In the end Mike just went for it and bashed more of his shins to get to the calmer water. He then swam to the side shore and walked back to the van barefoot as he lost his flip flops in the river! I offered to go with him as I didnt want to go down the rest of the river on my own but he insisted. I took my tube and drifted down looking at the mountains and trees and scaring myself when there where lots of high rocks jabbing me in shallow bits. I remembered on the way these guys had said "keep to the left under the bridge" I did and thought I had gone the wrong way as i was bumping into branches and all sorts on my own in this narrow bit -however when I came out i saw lots of young lads get stuck in a shallow whirl pool - they had gone to the right of the bridge - phewww! I eventually made it to the big bridge and I stepped out to the grass just as Mike was pulling up with Woody our Van - great timing!
We need a tube like a bullet in the head in this small Van! Its so big! Glad there isnt two now! We want to keep them as there are lots of rivers you can tube down on Vancouver Island. That night we treated ourselves to a drink and bought a bottle of vodka to drink by the river. You are not allowed to drink in public here but we his the evidence! We then went to a bar called the Avalanche next to a hostel - later to find out there was a Mens Magazine Launch Night on with ladies in bikini's and rednecks everywhere! The show wasnt that great. We ordered some cheesy chips, started speaking to a girl called Kate who was 20 years old from Calgary - we all had a jager bomb a few more beers then called it a night. We walked back to our van and had a good sleep! Saturday we travelled a bit more - going to Campbell River the Salmon capitol of the world. We went to the cinema to watch Inception - Exceptional Awe Inspiring Film! Definately worth a watch - I dont know if its becuase we havent watched TV for a while but we were both in awe of the big screen and thoroughly enjoying it!.We have just completed a few walks around Stathcona Provincial park - where we also saw the ass and a paw of a bear climbing into the woods right where we were! Now we are going fishing and trying to catch a salmon for our dinner!
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