Monday August 9th

Had to do some serious reading to fall sleep after heading to bed around 11pm, as we had a 5am wake up call ahead of us. Our destination today was three and a half hours north west to the Pyrenees mountains for an exciting day of white water rafting and some site seeing around the village of Llavorsi. Getting there a few hours before our raft departure time, our gracious host of course packed us a picnic lunch, which we enjoyed river side - couldn't get much better! Then we walked around a bit and took in some of the mountain side town before suiting up for our water escapade! With my Mom a little nervous and my excitement building I knew we were in for some fun haha. We all got the traditional rafting gear and a quick intro to the basics, than we were off for an hour and 25 minute, 14km adventure. It was tons of fun highlighted by: some 'bumper cars' off rocks, some refreshing floating in the ice cold river, Mom's face when told to 'rescue' everyone, Uncle DV's determination leading the charge in the front, and many laughs having to do with our paddling (in)ability and general excitement when going down rapids! (Hopefully action photos to follow later)
After that little work out :) we were met by our ride back to the city as soon as we arrived back at the rafting starting spot. We decided we were more tired than hungry and start the trek back home. After an adrenaline-pumping-european-style drive back home we had some snacks and were ready for a nice night at the house. Of course this does not consist of nothing but we had a great time. Aunt Wendy and I spent a good amount of time helping prepare some bedding for the baby that the family is expecting any day now! Mom and Monsterat jumped in here and there while preparing some things for dinner. We enjoyed a very very good spaghetti dinner under a warm and comfortable night - oh did i mention that typical dinner time is around 9pm and we eat outside most of the time, one of my favourite parts and exactly my style haha. Another late night to try and fall asleep, I don't think the napping in the car anywhere we go is helping ...
"No day is so bad or too good that it can't be improved with a nap." CP
Mich