We try to go visit my little brother Bryce once a year. He lives in hot, sunny AZ. He just built another home last year and this was the first time Mike and I got to see it. He new home is beautiful and his new salt water pool was so refreshing to swim in!!
The trip was tons of fun. We did a little golfing, kayaking, swimming in
BJ's pool, and just enjoying spending time together. It was in the 90's and it was HOT! After 18 holes of golf I was tired! We did have a
little adventure during the kayaking though and I truly thought I was not going to live through the experience!!! So we booked our kayaking trip through Desert Voyagers -
they are this great travel adventure outfit. ... check them out if you are in the area they were great guides... www.desertvoyagers.com
So we
met up with our guides and we were on our way. As were drove to the river we were explained all the safety procedure and told a little bit about the area. When we got to the river we jumped in our Kayaks and off we went. This was the first time my parents were kayaking and they did great!! As we were paddling down the river it was beautiful and so peaceful. We saw a bald eagle perched in a tree by the waters edge. It really is something to be paddling down the river. Well our peaceful experience soon came to the end. As we were paddling we heard some guns shots. Being that I really know nothing about guns I was like "what the heck was that?" Our guide explained that it was probably a gun shot but the hunters are not allowed to hunt in the state park and it was probably fired far away on the private land. I was satisfied with his answer but still thought it was werid we could hear gun shots. We continued paddling down the river and again we heard additional gun shoots. Now these sounded pretty close to me but I didn't think I was an expert on the topic so again questioned our guide. He again explained that I shouldn't worry because firearms are not allowed in the state park. Again I preceded to paddle down the river. As we rounded a bend, we saw several ducks in the water. I thought this was really odd and then I noticed a man ducking down by the waters edge about 20 feet away from us in total camouflage with a riffle in hand! My heart stopped... I was like " wh
at the heck is this guy doing?" If you don't know me you don't know this but I HATE guns and to being this close to a "live" one was not for me. I totally started to panic. I seriously debated if I should jump out of the kayak or not!!!! Needless to say, this "hunter" also surprised our guide and made him a little nervous as well. All I was thinking was this guy is going to shoot us and I can just see the new headlines.... "Kayakers killed, mistaken as ducks" . Needless to say we did survive but as soon as we got out of the water and were on our way home our guide call the police to talk about the hunter !! Besides that little adventure the trip was fun.
We try to go visit my little brother Bryce once a year. He lives in hot, sunny AZ. He just built another home last year and this was the first time Mike and I got to see it. He new home is beautiful and his new salt water pool was so refreshing to swim in!!
The trip was tons of fun. We did a little golfing, kayaking, swimming in BJ's pool, and just enjoying spending time together. It was in the 90's and it was HOT! After 18 holes of golf I was tired! We did have a little adventure during the kayaking though and I truly thought I was not going to live through the experience!!! So we booked our kayaking trip through Desert Voyagers - they are this great travel adventure outfit. ... check them out if you are in the area they were great guides... www.desertvoyagers.com
So we
met up with our guides and we were on our way. As were drove to the river we were explained all the safety procedure and told a little bit about the area. When we got to the river we jumped in our Kayaks and off we went. This was the first time my parents were kayaking and they did great!! As we were paddling down the river it was beautiful and so peaceful. We saw a bald eagle perched in a tree by the waters edge. It really is something to be paddling down the river. Well our peaceful experience soon came to the end. As we were paddling we heard some guns shots. Being that I really know nothing about guns I was like "what the heck was that?" Our guide explained that it was probably a gun shot but the hunters are not allowed to hunt in the state park and it was probably fired far away on the private land. I was satisfied with his answer but still thought it was werid we could hear gun shots. We continued paddling down the river and again we heard additional gun shoots. Now these sounded pretty close to me but I didn't think I was an expert on the topic so again questioned our guide. He again explained that I shouldn't worry because firearms are not allowed in the state park. Again I preceded to paddle down the river. As we rounded a bend, we saw several ducks in the water. I thought this was really odd and then I noticed a man ducking down by the waters edge about 20 feet away from us in total camouflage with a riffle in hand! My heart stopped... I was like " wh
at the heck is this guy doing?" If you don't know me you don't know this but I HATE guns and to being this close to a "live" one was not for me. I totally started to panic. I seriously debated if I should jump out of the kayak or not!!!! Needless to say, this "hunter" also surprised our guide and made him a little nervous as well. All I was thinking was this guy is going to shoot us and I can just see the new headlines.... "Kayakers killed, mistaken as ducks" . Needless to say we did survive but as soon as we got out of the water and were on our way home our guide call the police to talk about the hunter !! Besides that little adventure the trip was fun.
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