Ever since we arrived in Nova Scotia, Greg has wanted to do this rafting trip. He finally got his wish today. I was significantly less enthused about it. I tried to convince him to leave me behind, but he wasn’t having it.
I’m so glad I went! It was amazing.
After signing our lives away and getting our life vests on, we all trooped down to the Shubenacadie River to wait for the leading edge of the tidal bore to pass.
(Many of the following pictures were taken from TripAdvisor. We were not able to bring our camera phones on the boat. The guide had a GoPro, and she took some video and photos for us, but she didn’t get photos of everything I would have taken a picture of.)
We stood on the muddy floor of the river and waited for the tidal bore to arrive.
After the leading edge of the tidal bore passed, we all hopped into our powered rafts and headed off to follow it. As the water rushed over the sandbars, it created large standing waves.
For about an hour, our guide powered us through the rapids created by the rising water. Some of the waves were about 6 ft tall. At times, there was so much water in the bottom of the boat that I thought we might sink.
We had three little kids and their parents with us in our boat. The littlest kid, Evelyn, was absolutely petrified. The two older boys were having the time of their lives. It was so much fun to see their excitement.
As the water started to settle, our guide stopped the boat and gave us an opportunity to hop out and swim. (Yes, the water really is that muddy!) Getting back into the boat was quite a challenge!
And finally, we headed a little further up the river to where there were muddy banks. Everyone got out of the boats (except me) and went sliding down the banks.
By this point, the water in the river had calmed down quite a lot. We raced the boat back to our starting point and called it a day.
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