On our last weekend in Quebec, we went on a canoe trip on the Jacques-Cartier river. It was only two days but it was really beautiful..

Unfortunately, it rained almost the whole two days, but we managed. It was my first time canoeing through lots of rapids (mostly RIIs, but ranging from RI-RIIIs) and it was awesome. Of course, I was at the back of the canoe, typically not getting splashed.

That’s Evelyne and I, approaching another set.

The whole group, at the beginning in our wetsuits. Sooo glad we got to wear those in the end, we would have frozen without them.

Karine, where we took a break for lunch on the second day. The scenery was beautiful..

Kallie didn’t take a lot of pictures of it, though. She was in charge of the camera in the canoe, being the third person in the middle meant being photographer.

Scoping out the rapids for a good route, before heading through.

Karine and Ashley, at a precarious angle. We had beautiful canoes, too, thanks to Canots Légaré who were super awesome to us. There were knee pads in the boat and we strapped ourselves in, so you could pull your weight (or push) from the bottom of the boat as needed to keep balance in the rapids. Definitely handy.

And finally, the katimavik van with canoes strapped to the top. Karine was really proud of this, as I think we are the only katimavik group, at least in the Québec region, to ever go on a canoe trip. It’s a fairly big accomplishment to get something like this approved (believe me, I did the paperwork) so I was especially pleased with myself that we got to go. Even if it was cold, rainy, and I was hurting by the end, I’d absolutely do it again.