My wife and I and another couple who are great friends of ours went to Buena Vista, CO to spend the day rafting down Brown's Canyon on their full day adventure on Tuesday, June 23rd. Now, I've been down the Arkansas River many times before both with other companies and with private boaters and Noah's Ark is by far the best rafting company to venture down that river. Their company is honest and trustworthy, their equipment is of the highest quality, and their guides are competent and well versed in the nuances of the ever changing Arkansas. Yet, there is one guide specifically, who despite being born in Washington, appears as though the Arkansas were to flow from his very soul. I have heard some call him grandpa while others call him Lieutenant. Me and my crew, however, we call him Gavin. Gavin, although being the eldest sibling in his family, still has a youthful spirit and way about him. But because of his position in his family, that has taught him the responsibility needed for caring for those under his supervision whilst traversing through the dangers on the river. If Gavin were Indiana Jones in The Temple of Doom, I would not hesitate to jump into the raft with him as we fell out of the plane onto the snowy mountain side headed for the raging river below. If Gavin were Emperor Kuzco from the Emperor's New Groove and was tied to a log pummeling toward a massive waterfall with sharp rocks at the bottom, I would want to be Pacha because he would still make that trip down the waterfall epic. If Gavin were Michael Bluth from Arrested Development and the Arkansas River was the Tunnel of Love Indubitably, I would want to be on the same boat because that would be the trip of a lifetime. And even though Gavin doesn't get to guide as much as he may want to at times, he's still one of the best guides on that river, with generations of guides before him in his own family paving the way for greatness. If his guiding skills were action movies, he would be Jason Borne and James Bond mixed together and then covered in Ethan Hunt with a sprinkle of Ace Ventura. If Gavin's guiding skills were music, it would be a mix of Beethoven's 5th played over the top of a mashup of Stairway To Heaven and Michael Jackson's Thriller. Needless to say, if Gavin were to be guiding a rafting trip in the middle of the Sahara Desert or in the middle of frozen Antarctica, I would pay to join that trip. Well done, good sir. Seidel's Suckhole didn't know what hit it when we came through!
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Nov 2015
Hahaha. This is simply the best. 5 stars for your hilarious review! I know Gavin had a blast with your group, and I’ll make sure to pass this along. Spot on comparisons. The only thing you missed was his uncanny resemblance to Buzz Lightyear. For real though, thanks for taking the time to write this review and for rafting with Noah’s. We hope to see you in Browns Canyon again!