Show Low Camping

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This was my first camping experience... it was awesome... good gang and great weather! A very nice break from phoenix heat :)

few good things happened to me in this trip...
- I saw kids playing watching the rainbow in the sky ... frankly
speaking i don’t remember the last time when i stood quietly and
admired a rainbow

- i fell down and scratched my elbow... (lill bit though) cool... i
feel alive... again long time i got a scratch!

- setting the tent was an adventure... just after we set up the tent,
it started raining heavily. two of us went to the nearest walmart and got a tarp/ shamiyana kinda thing to give us some shelter. By the time we were done making all these arrangements, it started pouring like crazy... that’s when we sat under the tarp and played cards... was lots fun!

- we did barbeque and campfire too.... after the campfire, we went
inside one of our tents and played cards again; the night was chilly, especially for the desert animals like us :P

- one thing didn't happen that i expected was... bears :P... i had
full plans for taking a bear-portrait :)

all in all.... great experience!

White Water Rafting at Kundalika!

Good that Vaarun (one of us who went for rafting few days back) did the job of drafting the whole experience.... it was mind blowing...
the lush green ghats... ups and downs of the river... controlling the raft... shouting 'long live gladiators' (it was the name we gave to our team) and finally jumping into the river!
Wow... i never jumped into a river and neither thought of swimming in a river... it was so nice... just lay down... life jacket is doing its job... river current is taking u wherever u want... and .... and its raining!

wow!

no other words for this!
check out the snaps on flickr...