2013 Day 7-Sea Kayaking

Tonight America’s two youngest and most famous newscasters; that would be me; Michael, and my loyal assistant Shay, will be talking about sea kayaking (very fun).

So we all woke up about 6:30 and ate a yummy breakfast of French toast and sausage. We piled into the van for a short drive to the outfitters and hopped out. We introduced ourselves and got started right away. Wiley Sr. and Wiley Jr. sat this one out and walked around town. We relearned the strokes and tightened up our life vests and were ready to go. We walked down to the dock and chose our kayaks. The guides pushed us into the water and we were off.

 They said to keep an eye out for crabs (not to be confused with cards), star fish, and seals. The guide picked a star fish off a pole and showed it to us. He told us how to peel them off correctly so I (still Michael here) grabbed one and passed it around the group. We paddled around some more and then out of nowhere a seal popped its head out right in the middle of the group. It did that a couple more times and then swam away. We rounded a bend and saw about thirty seals sitting on the shore. I think Mr. S took some pictures that you can view.

 We headed back to the dock and hopped out of our kayaks. The guides said we could try out their paddle boards. We rented three and you could guess who fell into the 45 degree water first; yes it was Liam. After we decided the water was too cold, we ate lunch.

 The plan was to go the marine aquarium next to the outfitters. But of course, first Will and Wiley had to go to the local tourist’s shop to buy some stuffed animals (long story).Then we walked in to the aquarium and the lady at the front desk told us the rules on the touch tanks and showed us around. After the talk everyone went over and poked the sea cucumber (longer story). We all scattered around and eventually met up in the screening room. Inside, they had a bunch of pillows in the room and the lights were dim so you can pretty much guess what happened. Most of us (including adults) fell asleep in the public aquarium screening room. We only scared away 6 young couples. Just the usual day, all right Shay just woke up so he will be reporting now.

Hey everybody! Are you ready to hear about the most exciting part of the day for most people? Probably not what you’re expecting… shopping! On the ride home we pulled over to the closest supermarket (happened to be Wal-Mart), and everybody found a buddy or two and ventured inside. I don’t know what happened with all the groups, but needless to say: there was candy involved. Lots of candy. After about ten minutes we all piled into the car and drove back to our camp to prepare for Big Burrito Pig-out Night.

There’s no other way to say it. The burritos were delicious (thanks to the cooks: Wiley, some adults, and yours truly)! We were so happy that the senior K’s could join us for dinner and skits. We also gave some of the new Scouts new nicknames. They are as follows:

Shay- Katniss

Mr. K- Mr. Keys

Liam- Vulture

Mr. G- Grizzly

Matthew- Piano Man
Mr. K Sr - Master Griller
Mrs. K Sr - Betty Crocker
Mr. C - Waldo

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