Scenes from a Couples Vacation at  Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa

by Julie Register, Your Guide to Spas

SCENE 1
White Water Rafting

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I'm on my back. My head and body are bobbing in the rushing water. My husband, Jeff, is holding onto one foot for dear life. Bill, one of the others on the Couples Vacation, has the other. They are keeping me from shooting the Cucumber Rapids on my own. Fortunately, the raft is hung up on the same rock whose impact had propelled me overboard. Our Wilderness Voyageurs guide pulls me back into the raft before I have time to realize what's happened to me. The 3 1/2 hour, seven mile raft trip on the Lower Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park is fantastic - lots of class III and IV rapids, riverside lunch, short hike to a waterfall, beautiful scenery, and good company. Even though there are many rafts, canoes, and kayaks on the river, (this is the busiest section of whitewater east of the Mississippi River), there is still a sense of discovery and a chance to enjoy the natural wonders. I am thankful I can share this experience with my husband.

Photo courtesy of Wilderness Voyagers 

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