River Log: May 8, 2008

Today we went out on canoes in the Provo River. The weather was great as was the company. We got to know one another as classmates for the first time and had a good time playing on the river. I went in a boat with Lauren and it was my turn at first to be the rudder in the back. We made it up the river uneventfully - I have canoed before so it wasn't new to me. But when it was Lauren's turn to steer the boat back down the river we ended up in quite a few trees. She was having a bit of a hard time with the J-stroke. I had never heard of it before that day but when Brian explained it I thought it was cool and tried it out.

While on the river we saw a muskrat, a beaver, a turtle and a bunch of fish and birds. I felt like my wildlife major friend Robby because I got really excited at the sight of them. But the best part of the whole thing was the great feeling of being on the river. I only know of one better feeling - being in the temple - than being on the river.