Dan River Tubing

 

With Olivia at UNCG's Music Camp, we decided to do something fun with the rest of the kids. We went tubing on the Dan River! We brought our friends' son, Jonathan, along with us.

Everyone got their own tube and we brought a rope to tie everyone together so we wouldn't get separated.

It was such a peaceful ride. With the spring rains well behind us, the water level was a little low in places, but still high enough to make the trip at a leisurely pace.

We paid a little extra to bring a raft for our lunch cooler.

There were several places along the river where we could stop and explore the shore and river without the tubes.

There were some really cool areas where the rock formations along the shore were overhanging the river.

Some of them had neat holes worn in them. We kept expecting to see something come crawing out of them.

After 3 hours, we finally reached the end and climbed back out of the river. This is something we really need to do next year!

Camp 2018 - Water Fun

Something else that's traditional at Camp? Water fun. This year, Olivia was old enough to learn to drive the boat. She took to it like a duck to water. She wasn't ready for any solo outings, but she handled it like a champ. If our electric motor hadn't completely died on us, she would have had the freedom to take that out when she wanted. 

It's not just about boats, though. We brought with us a number of tubes for the kids to play with and they sure did make use of them. I don't think they spent more than 2 hours a day out of the lake!

One thing we did pick up was a tube to pull behind the boat.

Unfortunately, our motor isn't the best for pulling, so the only ones who got any good speed were the littles.

The boys were a little heavier, so it struggled to pull them at a good speed unless they were up on the tube itself, not sitting inside the netting.

Poor Olivia struggled the hardest to get a good ride. Maybe next time, we can see about borrowing a bigger boat for the time we're there.

On the quieter side, the kayak we borrowed was great for quite paddles at dusk. Rebecca also had her paddleboard with us, so the dock was a veritable flotilla of watercraft!