I'll take you in my backpack

6/3/10 So most of you already know that I'm a pretty big deal...this just confirms it. I'm on TV...so what if you can't understand what they are saying...this is not the point (and clearly those thoughts are only because of how insanely jealous you are of my new found celebrity status...it's OK!) I can be seen at 4:48 and again at 5:35 for an actual quote where I say something ridiculous like "perfect"...but let me frame this for you. I had just slid down a waterfall backwards and head first, I barely came up for air and that camera was in my face. Not only was I speechless from the experience but I was also just trying to get air in the lungs and water out...Most of you who know me know that had I had full oxygen potential to the brain I probably would have cursed or said something partially offensive!

5/25/10 So now that some of the adrenaline rush has worn off (not much though) my thoughts are gathering and I realized that I didn't properly set the tone for the canyoning experience. First let me start of by saying that it was freezing. So cold that I was sure that the rain would turn to snow at any minute (oh did I forget to mention that part too, it was pouring!). The guides said something about it being 14 or 17 degrees Celsius. Since I have no idea what either of those are, I can just tell you that it was freezing and felt like it could snow! Moving on to water temp. They said it was probably 1/3 of what the air temp was. You guessed it, freezing! So before we even left for our adventure we had to get properly attired. This was a process that took much longer than I thought it would. We had 3 wetsuits on (ever tried to put 1 on, now imagine two additional layers of that on top!). These things gave a whole new meaning to squeezing 10 pounds of sugar in a 5 pound bag! ...

5/23/10 This is by far the best trip I've ever done! I've been whitewater rafting several times, and this trip didn't disappoint either. The rapids were Class 4's and because we have been getting a lot of rain (it was raining the whole day we were there) the water was moving really quickly! On to the even more exciting part of the trip...canyoning! I've never done this and wasn't quite sure to expect when we signed up for this adventure. It was amazing; there aren't words to describe it! Unfortunately the person taking pictures or the outfit that we went with, Canyons , was not there to photograph while we went canyoning (he only captured the rafting portion of our trip). I did include the link to the website for the outfit that we went with so you can see what we did! We were in Minakami in Fox Canyon. My best attempt at describing this indescribable experience is this: body surfing the rapids in 1 of 3 positions superman (flat on your stomach, ...