June 13th, Sunday, at Pocono Adventure Rafting, the weather forecast did not give us an indication of good weather – showers and thunderstorm predicted. We still adventured out and it turned out to be a cool cloudy day 🙂

We departured from the campus at 11:30 AM, arriving at the trailhead at 1:00 PM, checked in, got the paddles, life jackets, and listened to a peppered demo by one of the guides. The whole awesome paddling team shown below: (we have 21 people)

When you meet a rapid that is totally out of your control: screaming. Jacky was sitting at the front and he stopped paddling probably because of a big rock! His teammate Balram was chill with a leg outside the boat, and others still working on maneuvering the boat.

A sneaky photographer was taking photos for us near a rapid. This team was adjusting their weights to the right side (probably because of hitting a rock on the left).

The majority of us did not take a phone as it is highly unrecommended by the crew. We only got some photos when we realized someone did have a phone at the lunch break site. Look at those smiles:

The trip ended around 6:30 PM. Everyone was thrilled and tired at the end. The bus shuttle drove us back to the trailhead and everyone changed into his/her comfy dry clothes. We drove home at the dawn of a beautiful Sunday, got to know many new people today!

Writing: Shasha

Photo: VamC, Daolong, Rafting crew

Trip leader: VamC, Shasha