Now welcoming: Megan the EEL TRAINER!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA
they are still really scary to me and i've only picked one up once. These are just the babies. Yes that's right and the full ground 100 year old ones are as big as me. CRAZY. I will miss them. We've had some good times together. So long my dear friends.

making the most

of my last few days here.

I went on a tramp! It was a good steady long one hike. I packed my lunch that morning and headed out. The trail hugged the side of the mountain and followed the river. I was a hot muggy day but the sand flies finally showed me mercy and weren't around. I think that has to do with how windy it was. The trail wasn't that challenging yet it wasn't easy. There were lots of creeks to cross. You go on this hike knowing that you will have wet feet. There's no rock hopping over them. You could spot some water falls along the way too. It was fun because the river I followed was the same river that I went rafting down. It's also the same land we flew over in the helicopter so I know the area well by having the chance to look up and down apon the trail. I stopped at one of the creak crossing and had time to play around with my camera and take some pictures. Another thing to note is that you have to cross a few slips as well. Those were scary to walk across. This is looking down to my right. ...like i said. scary.I highly enjoyed the day. Today it has done nothing but rain. Went into town for a bit and that was fun. We call it the magic city but don't really know why. The river has flooded again but this time will continue to rise over night. I'm excited to see how high it will be in the morning.
Last full day tomorrow and a big dinner tomorrow night. I hope not to be packing all day tomorrow but it will take a while. and now it's bed time. peace

Rafting trip

Well. My rafting trip was amazing. I loved it. It's been awhile since I've been rafting but it's something that you pick back up on with ease. I went with a family of 5. 2 boys and a girl all under 14 so we took it easy but the rapids were still levels 3 and 4.

okay so they hand you a wetsuite and tell you to put it on. I didn't know it was inside out. That's the black one. Mine was tight getting it on so I wasn't very happy when I was told I had put it on wrong. But it makes for a good laugh.

Here you see I have it one the right way. The water was cold so I'm glad I had it on. Some of the river was glacier fed. The color of the river was a deep green and blue tint.

The helicopter ride was also amazing. It lasted about 7 to 8 minutes but was really really cool to see the river we would raft down. This in fact, is the only rafting trip you can do that. You start at the lodge by being picked up by the helicopter and then raft back down to the lodge. Very cool. The trip was an all day even and not rushed at all. It was very well done. Josh and Ben were our guides and they were top class. Ben was in the raft with us and Josh was in a kayak ahead of us taking pictures and making sure no new logs were in our way. We would stop when ever we saw a good rock to jump off of or to look at the landscape. We stopped at a sandy beach area to eat lunch and feed the eels. We got back to the lodge around 5.
sadly no matter the amount of sunscreen I put on I still turned red. My hands and my face got the most sun and I was red. It was funny to see the lines on my hands. I'm fine now. But it was really really fun and I'm glad I got to go.