Float Trip

Trip day. This means fish trip during main camp and Big Surf at family camp. Except this year. I went on the float trip for the first time in 5 years. It started out that I was going to be with a father and son in a three seater canoe. However, I ended up canoeing with another counselor. She had not been canoeing in 12 years. She insisted that she be in the back. It was not too pretty. We started out be being the first canoe so we could stop and take pictures of all the canoes as they passed us. I stole the underwater camera from Charlie so I could use it on the float trip. Then I had to paddle consistently to try to keep up with the last canoe. We were the tail canoe and my partner in back thought that dragging the paddle in the water made a pretty swirl. So she dragged her paddle almost the whole way. Even when we needed no turning. We stopped at lunch and did the jumping rocks and the regular routine. When we got back in the canoe. I started to move towards the back when my partner asks to be the back again followed by the comment I am getting better. I was not too excited about spending the rest of the trip dragging her paddle and having issues. So I pushed the canoe out backwards making the front the back. I stood up and started paddling. We started talking about how I looked like a gondolier. So I started singing, camp songs, Disney, and Smashmouth. The last half of the canoe trip was much smoother than the first leg. I was able to successfully navigate the river pretty much by myself and my partner enjoyed the ride and entertainment.