Canoeing!

This weekend some Outing Clubers grabbed some canoes and headed to the Connecticut River for two days of chillin on the water. We started out pretty late and by the time we got to the River it was practically lunch time. We paddled for about a mile before stopping at an island for lunch. We saw a bald eagle flying around which was pretty darn neat.



We ventured forth and quickly found ourselves in a headwind. Our plan for the day was to paddle about 11 miles; we ended up running into dark before finding camp. Officially, we got to camp three minutes before sunset; the sight of campfires from other people was very welcome.

A Mac'Cheese'n'Ham dinner lead to S'Mores and a quality campfire. This inevitably lead to playing with fire.




It was stormy the next morning and we were VERY thankful the wind was going downstream. We even formed a raft and attempted to act as a sail.



We stopped for lunch at a picnic area and had an apple sauce eating contest. I was sadly beaten by Nathan. He may be the quickest apple saucer this side of the Mississippi.

At some point, you gotta have a waterfight.



We moseyed into the take-out by mid-afternoon and headed back to Troy. A quality weekend trip!