Hello these are your MC writers Wiley and Seamus*. We have a double shout-out to JZ from Will. Today, most of us woke up around 6:00 due to a very annoying alarm set up on “someone’s” phone, (Will). We crowded around an open fire due to the extreme coldness of the night. Patrick, Parker, Mr.P and Mr. Sw cooked us a warm breakfast that consisted of gravy, sausage, biscuits, and cantaloupe. After breakfast, we started to prepare for our day at the river. Next, we gathered around the fire for a special reading of the Bible, read by Mr.P. Then Jonny B. lead us in a prayer. we then packed up, and left to go to the river. We arrived at the place in ten minutes. We hopped off and then we had to sign a wavier. We went over to a shelter and waited for our guides and gear. Our guides came, and talked to us about the gear, the canoes, helmets, rules, and the dangers in the river. We then put our life preservers and helmets on, and we went on a bus. The bus ride was 20 minutes and it was a wild ride. every minute it seemed like the bus was going to break down. We were on the highest road in Pennsylvania, and we were told that there were a lot of black bears around, and then Michael spotted one. On the last 5 minutes of the ride, a canoe fell off into the road. Nobody noticed it until we were parked and were getting the gear. After that our guides gathered us around some trees and talked to us about the strokes and first aid. After the talk, we proceeded to carry our canoes down to the river. We had to wait for a few minutes because another group was “casting off”. When they were done, we proceeded to go. We didn’t have to travel very far for someone to fall off. Let me explain. We made a bet that the first ones to flip and fall into the river had to do something, (we couldn’t come up with a specific “punishment”) The next thing you know— we hear this big KABOOM!!!
Mr.G and Patrick flipped over, so they won the bet. We waited for them in an “Eddy”, which is a place where the water is still behind the rocks. After what seemed like 10 minutes, they finally reappeared and made it safely into the Eddie. The guide then explained how to maneuver over and around rocks. We then proceeded to continue down the river, when we came upon the first rapids. We had to get on our knees in order to make it out of there. Most of us made it out with no problem, while others still got caught in the rocks. We waited for everyone. Then our guides decided to split us up in to two groups, (one with 5 canoes, the other with 6). The group of 6 were flipping the canoes and doing safety rescues. The group of 5 decided to “ferry” upstream. After the two groups were done, they switched activities. When the group that had the activity of flipping the canoes into the river flipped over, they were in for a shock. The shock, the water was freezing cold. After the groups were done, we continued down the freezing river. We ran into some more rapids, and people were “flying everywhere”. Some flipped into the river, others were stuck on rocks, and still others went the wrong way. After every rapid we crossed, we had to wait for the others at the eddys. Our guides then decided to just keep going until we were close to our lunch area. When we were about 10 minutes away from lunch, the guides told us to have a race. And so everyone in canoes (except for the 3 canoes behind), raced for the title of first place. Ben and John T won the title. Everyone landed on the sand, and pushed their canoes towards shore.
Well, lets just say majority of us went to get ready for the fishing later tonight. But, some of the CREATIVE scouts thought otherwise…Not to tattle, but the creative scouts might have been the sons of TweetleDee and TeetleDum (Mr. Se and Mr. Gr—not that we decided who is Dee or Dum). Will had this crazy idea to put his hammock at least 10 feet off the ground, please don’t ask why, but we don’t question Will. Now, Parker was just as guilty. He wanted a hammock of his own… You know what that means, yes he tried to build a hammock between two trees out of 1/4 inch thick rope. He tried using the rope like a “Jacob’s Ladder,” and well lets say “It didn’t QUITE work out.” He fell to the ground like a dead weight… Everyone then left to go fishing, excluding the following: Will, Matthew, Wiley, Parker, Colin, and Seamus. Well, thanks for reading and please subscribe for a payment of only $19.95 (plus s+h which = five payments of $60 plus tax). Look at the pictures and Good Night!
*= Parker helped type the last two paragraphs.
2 comments:
It sounds like more swimming badges were earned than canoeing badges. Looking forward to seeing how many scouts earn the badge for launching out of a river raft!
Did you give Mr. R. the canoe that fell off the bus? No wonder it had a mind of its own, it had already had one horrendous experience that day, and there you are adding insult to injury. Oh well, Mr. R probably needed the baths!
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