8th – Whitewater Kayaking

The 8th grade kayak adventure takes our dad & daughter and dad & son teams on a road trip, down to San Marcos in Central Texas for 2 days of kayaking the San Marcos River.  Led by our expert guides from KayakPower.com, teams will get a refresher in kayaking techniques and then head down the river to tackle Broken Bone, Cottonseed and other class 1 and class 2 rapids.  With dads & daughters and dads & sons each in their own kayak, this is the first HATS challenge your daughters and sons have to face truly on their own.  This sets the tone for the weekend and our theme of “Independence”

In addition to the on-water activities, we’ll play HATS games and receive some whitewater safety training from our guides, including how to safely cross a flowing stream and how to rescue a paddler who has fallen out of their boat.  We’ll enjoy the river on both Saturday and Sunday, and of course, no HATS weekend is complete without our signature dad & daughter and dad & son breakout time.  This is one adventure you wont want to miss!