Canoeing

Today, we went on a group canoe trip. It was so much fun and full of new memories. We all started off smoothly, paddling at a good pace, but then we started to see currents. Sarah and I were partners and we crashed! We were waiting for the group to catch up with us, because we were ahead of everyone else. We later realized that we were heading diagonally toward a tree in the water, but it was too late to do anything. Our canoe flooded and we both fell out. All of our waterbottles and sunscreen floated away with the current. We were both ok. After the crash, we took an hour swimming break. We decided to float down the current, and it was a lot of fun and refreshing. Also, we were all looking for snails, clams, pearls, and green jade, but we didn't find any. Chester talked to us about snails and clams and how to catch them and cook them. One of the most exciting things that happened after our swim was that Chester and Juan saw three iguanas in a tree. They both immediately jumped out of their canoe and climed up vines to catch the iguanas. They caught one out of the three, but just to see them climb up 40 feet on vines with no gloves or shoes was truly amazing.
- Jane Anne Darken