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Most of the girls were freaking out. The guys were all cracking up, trying to see the snake. Bruce and I were all the way on the end of the line, and the snake was somewhere near the middle. Apparently it was hanging in the bushes near the place where one of the girls had been holding on. I couldn’t see it, and I didn’t particularly care.

Bruce leaned over, trying to see the snake. I yelped as the canoe leaned over, way to close to the water for my comfort. Bruce sat back up – apparently he had heard my yelp over the freaking out of the other girls.

I don’t remember if the snake actually landed in the canoe or not. I think we moved right after that, and if the snake had gotten in the canoe, I have a feeling that I would remember it. 😀

We headed for the next rapids, everyone eager to get away from the snake. We only had two or three rapids left, and I was eager to get out of there.

The next rapids looked pretty easy when we were coming up to it. It was a pretty long one, but it looked like it was only a shallow one, not a hard one. And then we got into it, and I realized that it was a lot harder than it looked. What had looked like shallows that would have been somewhat difficult to maneuver through, was really deep water with huge rocks all over.

It took all of us a while to get through, but we made it eventually. I was surprised that we didn’t flip on that one, but thanked God and prepared myself for the next one.

The next one was really easy. It didn’t take long at all, and no one flipped on it (which almost never happened).

It was a good thing that no one had told me about the last rapids until right before it. Because I would have been a nervous wreck. (Ok, I already was a nervous wreck. But I would have been worse.)

Our last rapids for the day was a really scary one. You had to go straight, turn to the right, and then turn left immediately. If you didn’t turn left, you were going to go over a shallow spot, and then straight into the big hole.

If you did make the turn, you would pass in between two big rocks. As soon as you were done passing those rocks, you had to turn back to the right. If you timed it just right, you would make it over the big hole and you’d be fine.

Glenn didn’t say what would happen if you didn’t make it. He didn’t need to.

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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.*