点评:We were lucky and had beautiful and warm weather for our kayaking outing (half day). I expected a really slow river given it was mid October, but was pleasantly surprised that there were a few small rapids, and the river moved us along. We are not experienced kayakers, so the calm water was appropriate for us. There were 9 in our group and we had three guides. We were a little disappointed in the communications with the guides. One the drive to the put-in location, the three young guides mainly talked among themselves, or talked with one or two guests. But the rest of the guests on the bus couldn’t really hear the commentary. On the water all went well, but again there were some communications challenges. As we approached one set of rapids we got different guidance from different guides, and it was not clear how we should enter the rapids, or what to avoid. Not a big issue at this time of year, but if the river was higher and the rapids larger, I would want to have more confidence in the direction we would be given. Perhaps they use more experienced guides during the more demanding parts of the year. Finally, we were only on the water for about 90 minutes — there was a lot of time gearing up, transporting to the site, gearing back up after the take-out, and then driving back. We would have liked a little more time on the water — maybe another half hour or so? Overall a good experience, but a few opportunities for improvement.
翻译:我们很幸运,在皮划艇郊游(半天)时遇到了美丽而温暖的天气。鉴于当时是十月中旬,我原以为河流会非常缓慢,但令人惊喜的是,有一些小急流,河流推动着我们前进。我们不是经验丰富的皮划艇运动员,所以平静的水面适合我们。我们一行人有9个人,有3个导游。我们对与导游的沟通有点失望。驱车前往拍摄地点的途中,三位年轻导游主要是互相交谈,或者与一两个客人交谈。但车上的其他客人却听不到评论。在水上一切都很顺利,但再次出现了一些通讯挑战。当我们接近一组急流时,不同的导游给我们提供了不同的指导,不清楚我们应该如何进入急流,或者要避免什么。每年的这个时候,这不是一个大问题,但如果河水更高,急流更大,我希望对我们的方向更有信心。也许他们在一年中要求更高的时期会使用更有经验的导游。最后,我们只在水上呆了大约 90 分钟——有很多时间准备、运送到现场、外卖后恢复装备,然后开车返回。我们希望在水上多呆一会儿——也许再半个小时左右?总的来说,这是一次很好的经历,但还有一些改进的机会。