Pacuare Gilligan’s Island

The Pacuare river to the tune of the ‘Gilligan’s Island’ theme song…

a tale of a fateful trip — Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship…

the skipper brave and sure — The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour, a three hour tour…James, Ray, Sue, Minnie, David and the skipper-aka Kristin. Luis our rescue kayaker took the photo.

the tiny ship was tossed — The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed…

the minnow would be lost — If not for the courage of the fearless crew the minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost…

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle — The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle With Gilligan, the Skipper too

The millionaire and his wife — The millionaire and his wife,

The movie star, the professor — The movie star, the professor (he really is a professor) and Mary Ann, here on Gilligans Isle.

Pacuare river rapid — After taking a break at the waterfall it was back to the Pacuare river rapids

white water rafting — It took a couple of weeks of careful planning to talk my mom into white water rafting.

more fun than anyone — After we talked her into it she had more fun than anyone. Look at the smile on her face peeking out from under my arm.

grin from ear to ear — Every picture she has a grin from ear to ear.

Clearing the class four — Clearing the class four is well worth a high five on the Pacuare river in Costa Rica

I won't push you under — I promise I won’t push you under next time…

Goofing around in the pool beneath the waterfall

get down — We could tell when Kristin yelled get down she ment it.

beautiful waterfalls — Other beautiful waterfalls cascaded down the canyon walls into the Pacuare river

delirious grin — Wondering if we had fun? Just look at that delirious grin for your answer.

rafts are self bailing — Good thing the rafts are self bailing because we were more under than on top of this one!

I don’t think Kristin steered us wrong once

You won’t want this rafting trip to end with the sunset and by pausing in the middle for one or two nights at a riverside rustic camp you can turn it into one of Costa Rica’s iconic adventures.