Well our grand adventure has come to a close. We are both still thinking it's a little surreal not only that we did it (without too many mishaps lol) and how strange it is to be back like it never happened almost.
We learned a little about ourselves as individuals, we learned just how much we rely on each other as a couple and how well we work together. We learned that there can be such a thing as too much food lol.
Nature can be good and bad to you. While the sun shines and is calming on the water it can also bite into the skin and make your fragile body hurt. Rain can be miserable but it can provide rainbows. Animals are all around us, every insects if you take the time to look hard enough.
Regrets? My only regret is that I didn't use every last bit of the 5 days to really take the time to be in the moment. Sure I saw the beauty and majesty but there were moments when I just wanted to get to a campsite and sleep. Or just get through a small patch of current and river because I was afraid.
Would we do it again? Yes. And we would take the memories we made and the lessons we learned from this first time and expand on them.
I bought a book at Becker's Lodge and it's a photo book from a guy that's done the circuit over a hundred times. In that book he says that even tho he's done it that many times each trip is different - because of the weather, the season, the animals and himself.
While this trip is so far from what we live day to day, I would recommend taking this trip to ANYONE in a heartbeat. No matter what your skill or experience. It had great, good and bad but that's what a journey is isn't it?
What will our next grand adventure be? Check out the 2018 blog link below!
https://kstraveluk2018.blogspot.com/2017/10/its-been-decided.html
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