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Our first couple of rapids were about as hard as some of the later ones from the day before. We hadn’t gotten to anything like the final hole yet, and I was really glad of it.

The first day, we had been the only people on the river. This day however, we were surrounded by people. Mostly people on little floaties, and it was really funny watching them bobbing along.

There was this one group in canoes that we kept seeing though. We would keep passing each other, and it got a little annoying.

In this picture, we were getting ready to go through this rapids after taking a break to learn what to do for this particular rapid. We had already let the first boat go when they cut right in front of us. We grabbed at the canoe we had let go and pulled them back – we didn’t want them getting stuck in the middle of the group that was cutting.

You can see the lead canoe of the other group in the background here.

Right after that rapids there was a little island. Well, it wasn’t really an island. It was a bunch of rocks that were all right next to each other, and there were some plants on it.

We took a break there. People got out of their canoes and walked around for a little bit, some people peed, and some of us just sat and held the canoes. I held on to my canoe, but I got out of the water to do it. I sat down, stretching my legs out, and held the painter in my hand.

Approximately three quarters of my crew asked me if I was peeing. LOL

We passed the group of canoes that had passed us, and I fought the urge to cheer. (I might be a little competitive. :D)

The next rapids after that was a special one.

“Ok kids, when you go through this rapids, make sure you wave to Barry!”

“Who’s Barry?”

“He’s the guy who sits there all day and takes pictures of the people coming down the river. “

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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.*