Keep On Keepin’ On
8/26/13 Day
17 –Shayla Hill
It’s our first week on the river and
so far all is well. We’re all getting the hang of things and learning a ton! We
still have many days left and I’m sure we’ll still get those, “What the heck
are you doing”, looks from Jeff. But that’s what it’s all about, learning from
our experiences.
I love how every campsite we stop at
no matter how bad it may be, because the first one was pretty bad, we somehow
make it our home for the time being. The food has been bad, but it’s also been
good, again from our learning experience. We load up in the canoes early in the
morning and even though I’m not much of a morning person, I love it. It’s so
beautiful here and it’s definitely awesome to see all of the eagles around
here. There’s just something calming and relaxing when paddling down the smooth
river in the morning, that’s when someone isn’t signing or laughing. =) The
camp we’re at now is Alligator Island and one of the first things noticed was
the “slammer” as Jeff calls it. A lot of people were pretty excited about that
including myself. I never thought in my life that I would be so happy to see an
outhouse out in the woods with no walls by the way.
As I sit here writing in my tent I
can hear the laughter of the rest of the group up the hill enjoying our free
time before bed. I love that sound and it makes me smile. It makes me happy to
know that no matter how tough our days are in the end we all still have fun
together. So until next time…
“You can talk with someone for
years, everyday, and still, it won’t mean as much as what you can have when you
sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your
heart, you feel like you have known the person forever… Connections are made
with the heart, not the tongue.” –C. Joy Bell C.
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