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Jen and Glenn drove off with the car, truck and two trailers. They were meeting someone who would transport the vehicles to the place where we were getting off the river.

They were gone for over two hours.

During that time we learned how to do the rest of the packing, and we spent almost an hour learning how to navigate the river.

You followed the V’s in the river – they showed you where the rocks were. So if the water looked like it was flowing like this, (if you were coming from the bottom of the screen):

v^v^v^v

You wanted to go through the ^’s. The rocks were at the point of the v’s, and you wanted to avoid those at all costs. 😀

Sorry if that didn’t make any sense – it makes sense to me!

Jen and Glenn got back right after we were done with the river lesson. I was glad they were back – it meant we could get on with this and get done with the river.

I wasn’t letting myself think. I knew that thinking would just make everything worse. I kept as busy as I could, but there wasn’t much to do. I think I ended up playing a drinking game with some of the others – and don’t worry, it’s not as bad as it sounds. It was just water. 🙂

Ten minutes or so after Glenn and Jen got back, we were told to get the canoes in the river.

Katie helping me and Bruce get our canoe in the water

We had to step down these huge steps that came over my knees. Katie came to help me with my side of the canoe, since I was having trouble just making it down the stairs, without even carrying any of the weight of the canoe. 😀

Once we got the canoe in the water, Bruce held it so I could get in. I climbed in and sat the way I was supposed to. I asked Bruce if he needed me to grab the stairs so he could get in, and he said that he was fine and didn’t need me to.

Waiting for Bruce to get in the canoe

I was turning to see how he was going to get in when out of the corner of my eye I saw him jump from the stairs. I had just enough time to think “what on earth is he doing?” before the canoe started rocking, threatening to flip and take me with it.

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*Everything here is from my own memory and may not be correct. Outward Bound is not responsible for anything I post here. Thanks too NCOBS for letting me use their photos.*