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whitewater rafting

erin

Jul 27, 2023 — 1 min read

There were two things I really wanted to do on our summer road trip - (1) horseback riding and (2) whitewater rafting. We checked horseback riding off the list on Monday. Today we checked off whitewater rafting.

The girls didn't know what whitewater rafting was, so about a month ago we watched some videos. Emma was on board immediately. Olivia said absolutely not.

If you couldn't tell by her smile in every photo... she loved it. Now she wants to know when we can do it again.

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