Tubing

This was the last week-end of summer for us because Miran and Azra start classes on Monday and even though my classes don't start until the following week, I have to report to campus this week for lots of faculty and coordination meetings.

So to get in a last summertime activity, we spent today tubing on the Green River, about two hours west of Charlotte. We just rented inner tubes and floated down the river for about three and a half hours. There was a nice mix of about half slow rapids and more gently flowing water. No paddling was necessary, but if you wanted to control where you were floating you had to use your arms a bit.

It was a lot of fun, even though this was a relatively cool day for this kind of activity and it actually poured on us for about half an hour in the middle. Azra and I were so cold we were shivering. But I can't remember the last time I was cold outside so it was refreshing. I forgot to bring our camera so we didn't even get a picture of us before or after. So here is a random picture of people tubing on the Green River I found online. This is pretty much what our day looked like (complete with a cooler of drinks and snacks in a separate tube tied onto mine) ...