Friday, August 7, 2015
Take Me to the River…And Drop Me in the Water!
It's the weekend for whitewater we look forward to all year...it's time for The Grand 2.0. If you like the sounds of spending some time surfing the rapids, chowing down on tasty goodies from food trucks, washing it down with an ice cold beer, and a stage full of live music, then you really should check this one out! The whole thing kicks off this afternoon (Friday, Aug 7) with discounted whitewater rafting, then a concert and food trucks in Uptown.
Then on Saturday, Whitewater Express will have 9 discounted hourly time slots from 9:00am-4:00pm, so if you haven’t tried the course yet, this is your day. Seriously...what are you waiting for? We're very lucky to have this jewel in our own backyard. In fact, USA Today has already named our whitewater course as one of the world's Top 12 Man Made Adventures. And here's a tip for you. If you're a little nervous about what navigating these rapids will be like, then start out with one of the trips that happen earlier in the day. The rapids are much more on the mild side and it's pretty peaceful and a good way to get your feet wet. Uh, no pun intended there! But if you're more inclined to walk...or raft...on the wild side, wait until later in the day when the dam opens upstream and that will pump up the volume on the difficulty of the rapids and it's a whole different experience than that early moring float!
There's also more live music (free) in Woodruff Park, just across from Whitewater Express, and food trucks, water stations and more on Saturday. And for those who may want to get on the river but maybe fighting the rapids isn’t your thing, then join in on the family-friendly flatwater paddle to Oxbow Meadows Saturday morning at 10:00am.
And how cool is this? When the sun goes down, the guides from Whitewater Express and several other adventurous whitewater kayakers, will put on a “Saturday Night Lights” demonstration at the new section of whitewater illuminated by stadium lights…near “The Island.” This, I've got to see!
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