Anniversary and hypothermia
August 14, 2009 on 2:36 pm | In getting outdoorsy, weather, entertainment | No CommentsSo to celebrate our 7th anniversary, we decided to float down the Chattahoochee on inner tubes for a couple of hours. It’s inexpensive fun, plus we were able to stick around town just in case the sellers of the house accepted our offer or we had to counter it. There’s such a short turnaround with that stuff.
At any rate, no one ever told us how cold the river is. Apparently the water was warmer than usual when we went, and it was a whopping 58 degrees. It’s kind of an odd feeling when you can’t really feel your feet except for the icy stabbing sensation, yet you’re getting sunburned in the 93-degree weather. We figured out how to position ourselves so that we were mostly above the water (lay on your belly, rest your feet on your life vest [which is tied to the tube] rather than dangling them in the water), and after that things were pretty nice. We got out without having to amputate toes, and Brandon got super sunburned as a bonus. Yay for 7-year anniversaries!