Almost died on an impromto rafting trip down the Little Red Deer River. A group of us floated down in a couple of dinhgys and we smoked a tree that was outstretched horizontally over a fast-moving section of the river. The six people that were on my raft had to hug the tree to avoid being swept downstream by the current. After we recovered from this we resumed floating down the river. It was much calmer downstream and we learned after 4 hours of floating that the person who picked out our launch point had no idea how long it would take to reach our campground. 8:30PM rolled around and we were wondering if we would have to make land fall and build a fire and lean-to shelters for the night. All of a sudden a clearing in the woods gave way to a children's summer camp and we reached shore and paid a guy $50 to drive us to our camp site 15 mins away. A lot of fun was had by all!
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