Day 4

I know this footprint is called Day 4 but I thought I would add on a bit more from our 3rd day since it wont be long enough for an entire footprint.

Last night we got off the ferry and drove to the Pilot Bay Light House. To our surprise, in order to get to the lighthouse, we had to do a 400m hike uphill through very dark woods. It was also later in the evening so it didnt start out very light to begin with. Chris grabbed a walking stick from the deadfall (he called it his 'bear beating stick') and we started our journey. We got to the lighthouse quite quickly, and although it was a nice historical point, it was a bit eerie. We didn't stay long as we knew it would get dark soon and the rain had started. We came back our cabin for a movie, and an early night to bed.

Here is day 4!
We woke up this morning and Chris decided that we should make alfredo eggs and it turned out to be another gorgeous day so we thought we should go white water rafting. We booked it at Nelson Whitewater Rafting Co. and headed off the the ferry.
Yesterday we rode on the Osprey 2000. A lager ferry with a little diner/snack bar. Today we rode on the M.V. Balfour. It it much more crammed and there's not a lot of room to move around (I could barely open my door to let myself out). We stayed in the car, put our seats back, turned on a movie and had the surround sound playing through the car speakers. You see, the thing about the ferry is that you cant leave your car running so we ran in on accessory mode. Whoops. We went to start the car to leave and nothing. Obviously this has happened before because we just popped the hood, the gentalman working hooked up a battery pack and had us going in no time. Unfortunately the navigation system in my car didnt like that the battery died and wouldn't work for the rest of the day. No problem.
We drove into Nelson and walked Baker St for the second time. This time, Chris did some shopping and in no time we had to go, to make it for our white water rafting reservation.
We had one guide, Spencer, one assistant (who was just there to play around on his own Kayak - he was actually there incase we needed more assistance), and our driver, Fanny.
We took a bumpy ride in an old retired school bus, to the location we put the raft in. Half of the ride we played music trivia, and the other half we watched a safety video which nearly scared me out of wanting to do this. In no time we were parked, putting on our shoes, life jackets and a spray coat for me (since I'm always cold). They fit us for helmets and had one pink helmet. They said this helmet comes along every trip and goes to the manliest man with the largest head. This was Chris (big surprise). They even gave him a pink paddle to match.
We got into the water, learned a few paddling techniques and were soon in our first swimming area. Our guide, Spencer, Chris and I jumped in. We got back in and after a bit of paddling and a lot of beautiful scenery, we came upon another open swimming area. This time, Spencer tossed Chris a rope, he held on and stood on the nose of the raft. I, on the left side, paddled forwards, the 3 on the right paddled backward and we spun the boat until Chris fell off. I pulled him back in and then it was my turn! I lasted a lot longer, but Spencer called switch, the everyone reversed their strokes and that was it for me.
The majority of the ride was mostly calm water, as it is late in the season and the river is lower in height and speed than it would be in June. At the beginning of the season the water runs around 600 cms (cubic meters/second) . At this point, 390 cms. We came the the Rapids and with no problems we made it through there. Myself and two other riders took turns going into the front of the raft while the others paddled directly into the rapids. This, in turn, covered us in a flood of water! Before we knew it, we were at the end of our ride, took off our gear and were back on the bus!
We continued to play 90's music trivia (which Chris and I were not good at!) And got back to the hotel where we started. We had planned to come back and cook at the cabin but when we started to think about our long ride home, we opted to eat in Nelson and were sure glad that we did.
We went to Sage, a tapas restaurant. We shared a few AMAZING dishes. Wagyu carpaccio was my favorite and Chris liked the charcuterie and cheese platter with house made crackers. Now, that is not to say the muscles and sticky toffee pudding weren't also amazing, because they were.
We made our way back to the ferry, through the dark (Chris really enjoyed a change of scenery), and now we are waiting to board the last ferry back. I am looking forward to riding the ferry through the night!

Day 4, was once again, a success.

We dont have a lot of pictures to share because the ones we got from white water rafting are on a flash drive.
The picture with the red circle is where the lighthouse is, where we can see it from the ferry.Leia mais