we departed from this station and then went a mile west to the silver plume station, but the train had to use three and a half miles of track to do so!
here comes our ride... all aboard!
here we are making our ascent up the mountain
the high bridge
here we are going over the bridge
looking over the edge... whoa, it got our tummies (i70 and clear creek below)
fun for all
a picture of the beautiful scenery with the bridge in the far distance.
after the train ride we had a picnic lunch in historic georgetown followed by some ice cream and a little shopping before heading to idaho springs to cool off.
the girls waiting to go whitewater rafting on clear creek.
this is actually afterwards in their wetsuits, beforehand it was way too chaotic getting on all our gear and getting loaded up in a van/bus with 60 some other people to get to where we would eventually begin our 7 mile rafting adventure.
here are just a few pictures they took of our crew with our trusty guide, adam.
gibson was so ticked off before we even started because she was so hot in all her gear, then once we started it was because the water was a balmy 39 degrees and her feet were cold. all i can say is i didn't care so much about that as i was about doing the correct paddling and trying not to fall out and if someone did fall out what was it in their safety speech that we were suppose to do again?
forward one, forward two...adam said we did awesome, maybe he says that to everyone, but i think we rocked at our paddling.
the water was so high that in three different spots we had to lean forward as to not have our heads taken off. these were some serious rapids (class I, II, and IIIs)
a forty minute adrenaline rush. immediately afterwards, all three girls said, "can we do that again!" drew and i agree, this is definitely something that needs to be done again.
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