Basically it's a married couple that runs a kayak rental out of their property. They have a very nice yard right above a river. You just leave your vehicle on their yard and hike down a small trail to the creek. From there they send you off downstream and pick you up at the end 4 hours later! You can rent single or double kayaks, we opted for single. It was such a blast! The river water is crystal clear so you can just look down and see every rock and fish underneath you. Supposedly there are turtles and platypus there as well but we didn't see those. There were a lot of fish and birds that we saw though. There were also a few fun rapids to navigate. Nothing to scary :)
About 2 km into our trip nick flipped his boat trying to show off ;) He was trying to turn to sharp and the current got him! It was pretty hilarious to watch except when his GPS sunk to the bottom (its waterproof). Lucky for him his GPS is bright yellow and the creek was clear. So he found it right away. I caught his paddle and held the kayak while he jumped back in. lol yikes. In the process he also dunked his t-shirt and our shoes which were strapped to the back of his kayak. Luckily I had the camera and car keys! The rest of the trip was really fun and we stopped half way through under a bridge so nick could dump all the water out of his boat.
The whole thing took us about 3 hours and the couple that runs the company was so nice and friendly! We had a great time and will definitely do it again soon. Then we went out for fish and chips for supper! (not the frozen Manitoba variety) Very delicious. Tomorrow Nick will be going paint balling with some people from his work! Good times.
Tara
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