One of the last things that Butler put together for us was the much-awaited Adventure Weekend. We headed about 2 hours south of Christchurch to Rangitata Rafts and the Peel Forest. The first day we went white water rafting, which was SO much fun. Carly and I ended up being in the front of one of the boats. Our tour guide told us we had one of the harder spots and when he said paddle we were forbidden to stop especially if we were scared! He said it was better to dive into the waves crashing over you then lean back anyways. After hearing this Carly and I were pretty hesitant about our front row seats. It ended up being so much fun though, and I’m really glad we sat up there. There are some pictures of our boat where you can’t even tell we’re in the front because we’re covered by a wave. After rafting we jumped off a 10 meter rock into the river water (which had only been melted for 8 hours!) It was very cold but really fun! It was an amazing, adventurous day and I will definitely put up pictures once I get them from our program leader.
The next day we went to a high ropes course. We spent the morning doing teamwork activities, which was actually my favorite part of the day. I still love that stuff even though I’ve been doing it since I was in 2nd grade. The high ropes course was fun too but it was very windy and I had more fun belaying people than actually going up in the trees. We were all surprised that we were allowed to belay each other but then we remembered we’re in New Zealand where no one sues anyone. It was actually amusing to read the waiver that we had to sign at the rafting place. It said something like, “although it is highly unlikely that you will ever successfully sue someone in NZ we want you to be aware of the risks….” Very different from America. Anyways, it was the best weather since we’d been in NZ so we all loved being outside for the day.
Now it’s back to school and a ton of work to be done in the next 3 and a half weeks.
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