Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Chattooga River 2009

The Chatooga river forms the border between South Carolina and Georgia.
It's a beautiful, natural, protected river.  You won't see any houses or
development on this part of the river.



Above, we're disappearing momentarily in a hole. Our guide, Katie, did a fine job getting us through here.


 You can dive down into the hole in this rock, and swim through a
short underwater cave.  There is a small room underneath the spillway
where you can stand and catch your breath.  From there you can
dive out into the current, and get swept over to the bank.  Leaving your
life vest on is a requirement!









This waterfall flows into the river  from the left as you travel downstream, and it's a great photo-op and lunch break spot.









Here's a view of Katie doing her thing through another tight spot.  This one was story book perfect!






Hmmm, this is not looking good!



Here we are making a "wet exit".  Only Kris and Katie (the guide, not the fiance) were able to stay in the boat!


Time to fish out the survivors!




At a couple of stops along the route, the opportunity to leap into the rapids was given - here Kris,



Followed by Megan...


Justin.......


and Katie!


This was a great trip, a good way to spend a couple of days in the summer!