River Kayaking

I must appologize for my nonexistent posting as of late, it has certainly not been for lack of adventure, but merely for the reason that school has started and I have been busy teaching.

The next morning after our Fair adventure, we were off to do some kayaking on the Nisqually River with the Rowlands.









After hearing about the numerous crashes and tipping of the last trip, and how cold the water was when you fall in, I picked what I hoped was a pretty stable boat, and what would hopefully keep me remotely dry.

Mom and Casey, Daniel and Megan, Priscilla and Jaime, all rode in doubles, and Mrs.Rowland, Mrs. Langford, Jonathan, and Graydon, Langford, David, Nathan, and Jason Rowland, Stephen and I, rode in singles.

It turned out to be a beautifully sunny day I believe it was around 70 degrees, which I was grateful for in case I fell in.
For most of the trip I followed David because he had been down a few times and I figured would know where the best places were, at first I was a little dissapointed because though I had gotten a little wet from the first few rapids I hadn't had much adventure, Yet.
After we made it safely down each one we turned our boats around so we could watch everyone else.
So far everyone had tipped except for Me, Mom and Casey, Sill and Jaime, David, Nathan, and Jason.
Priscilla and Jaime were in a double and after several comments from them about their supperior boatsmanship (or what ever it may be called) we were all quite ready to watch them tip.
It just so happened that we all got our thrill at the same time.

As we finally approached "The Big One" we watched as one after another the kayaks started to tip, as I decended the rapids, I ran right into a huge boulder, which tipped me sideways and in a few seconds the whole kayak was filled with water.
Daniel and Nathan stopped to help me dump out the water which was very difficult in the middle of the river,and as they did their kayaks went floating down without them.
As soon as I got in, it filled again so we decided to just send it down and float after it.
It was great fun and very exciting except for all the rocks I ran into.
After everyone had finally made it down we all took a brake and most of us sat on the rocks that were scorched by the sun.

After changing kayak arrangements and switching around, we all headed off again, and as we were nearing the end, Megan, Stephen, David and I had a race to the finish line.
David and I being in a double tied for 1st, Stephen was 2nd, and Megan was 3rd.
After carrying the kayaks uphill, we waited in the sun for everyone else, and then we ate pistachios while we waited for the Van.

When everything was loaded up we went back to the Rowlands house for pizza and volleyball,
then to home sweet home and a good nights sleep.