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The Pure Orange Expedition Journal - Easter river holidays
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Sun on the tent , and a commercial rafting trip getting ready for their 4 day Orange river adventure awoke me.
4 hot-x-buns , bowl of muesli , 3 coffees and a relay of updates to my mom , quick pack and was back on the water . I paddled between all sorts of river craft of various commercial trips . 2 man inflatables , fibreglass canadian canoes , fibre-glass styled klepper’s , sit-on-tops , sea kayaks all heading north to the Springbok Vlakte on their 3/4 day adventures .
It is Easter week-end here and the river is sooooper busy . The busiest time of the year for commercial trips on the most popular section of the Orange river . Only went 12kms to the Wildthing camp and was greeted by the Aquatrails Ladies (Chavez , Kria and Carrie-Lynn) . Aquatrails is the company i work for when running trips on the Orange . We shared smokes , beer shandies , shit talk and an afternoon in the desert sun .
Caught up with some home-work after the last few days of hecticness . A doze under a tree and got myself prepared for the last haul to the end .