Rafting down the Bow
This past Thursday, my whole company (7 of us) took the afternoon off and went rafting down the Bow River here in Calgary to celebrate some milestones that we just completed.
Before heading to the water we stopped at Calgary’s infamous Peter’s Drive-In for some burgers and fries. Then we headed up to Bowness park in the northwest part of the city to begin our journey. We rented a 12 foot long raft which snuggly accomodated the 7 of us and a cooler of drinks and food.
The next 3.5 hours were spent floating down the river towards downtown as we grounded out only once under a bridge and hit every rapid that we could find. Near the end of the journey we even had a visit from some Calgary firefighters who wanted to make sure we all had lifejackets, which we did.
Overall, it was a great time and a good team-building exercise. You really get to know your fellow employees more after sitting in a raft with them for that long.