Tubing on the river

for our last day in Gatlinburg we decided to go Tubing. Mom stayed home again, firstly because she didn't want to go tubing, and secondly because she wanted to be near the phone to hear about how Pop's cancer surger went. The rest of us swimsuited up and headed over to Smokey Mountain River rats to get tubes. We put our tubes in and headed off on another adventure. We floated down for a while untill we reached a place where you can jump off the rocks and swing a rope swing too. Jon and Wes waited with the tubes while Dad, Ella and I jumped off the rock a few times and Dad and I did the rope swing. The rope was way scarier than the rock but both were really really fun. RIght before we floated away Ella jumped one more time by herself, or at least without a grownup. An older girl jumped with her. Then we floated down the river, over rapids and such untill we reached the pickup spot. Jon Wes and I got there first adn we waited around for ella and Dad to show up then we took the shuttle back to the beginning. They have another run, upriver but the min age is 5 so Dad and wes stayed behind and played in the river while Jon Ella and I rode the rapids again. The rapids on this part of the river were definitely bigger and faster than the ones we went on in the morning. We stopped during our float at another rope swing and this time got Jon to try it out! We then finished our second float and met up with Dad and Wes and the exit spot. Wes had a good time playing in the rocky water but was upset that he didn't get to float in the "boat" again. It was another awesome day on vacation!