rafting
the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
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Paddlers will want to plan their trip for October, when rafting season is in full swing.
In addition to hiking, rafting, kayaking, biking, and camping, the Buffalo National River International Dark Sky Park has especially dark skies so it’s a phenomenal place for stargazing.
Bump This State to the Top of Your Post-Pandemic Wishlist | Cassandra Brooklyn | August 26, 2021 | The Daily BeastGuided rafting trips typically start on April 1, but the crowds don’t show up until school is out in June.
The Arkansas River is a legendary kayaking and rafting destination about three hours from Denver.
Combination rafting and hiking trips, on which you can enjoy the beauty of the Arctic without having to schlep all your gear.
The idea of rafting on top of people is just as bizarre as well.
Rishikesh is now considered the yoga capital of the world but is also a center for whitewater rafting and treks in the Himalaya.
Catch Beatles Fever! Ten Essential Travel Destinations for Beatlemaniacs | Lonely Planet | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe privately owned area does not have trails in the canyon, but does offer similar white-water rafting trips.
Seven Shutdown Winners, From the Newseum to Dollywood | Nina Strochlic | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTickets are hard to get for the confab, which combines discussion of global economic issues—and whitewater rafting.
Scott recalled a fateful river-rafting expedition to the Grand Canyon with the producers that helped ice the job.
The Beautiful Bromance Between Filmmakers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott | Chris Lee | August 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen he worked all day fixing things in bundles, and getting all ready to quit rafting.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)To salvage the sticks that spilled, to arrange the booms for rafting down stream, kept Hollister on the move.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairI have a dim memory of helping him (and grandfather) split oak-blocks into rafting pins in the kitchen.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandAfter leaving Thompson's Creek they had much trouble crossing swamps and rafting over deep streams.
He had gone down once, rafting, with lumber, and a jolly three weeks' float they had of it.
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