So we had one of our little day trips yesterday with the kids. We went in tubes down the New River. It was so nice. We signed up for a two hour trip that turned into a three hour trip. This was fine with all of us, of course. I had never been tubing before. We had so much fun and the water was really cool. There were times when we had to get out of our tube and walk because the water was down. It has not rained in a month, but that was fine with us. Jack got to look for rocks and anything else that might be floating in the river. Mark was looking for fish, naturally. He said he saw about six. We had a couple that jumped right in front of us. That was cool. I bought a disposable waterproof camera while we were there so I could take pictures going down the river. I have not gotten those developed yet I will post some of those pictures later. We all had fun on this trip. Mark and I got to relax and the kids got to play in the water and splash each other. There were only a few spots in the river where it was over Tom's head. I would recomend not wearing a good bathing suit though, my rear end rubbed on the rocks in a couple of places. The boys all wore t-shirts so their arms would not rub on the tubes. Jack brought home several river rocks to add to his collection and Thomas brought home a golf ball he found. We ended up with a three and a half hour trip. But that was ok the guide said we were not on a timer and if we took longer than two hours that would be fine. Once we reached the camp the kids played in the river and skipped stones till they were water logged.
Here is your triva info of the day: Did you know that the New River is one of two that flows North. The other is the Nile.
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