Canoeing, part 1

Today in Outdoor Ed class (yes, I swear it's a very cursed class, *makes face*) we went down to Frog's Gap for canoeing practice. Evidentley I can't steer a canoe, and I'm not trusted in the front of the canoes with a paddle, so for the most part I just sat on the floor of the canoe in the middle. I made the very bad mistake of being in the same canoe as Trevor and Ridge, not doing that again!!! (We'll get to that later)

We took the Sabres bus (NOT the Buffalo hockey team, the school sports team) to Frog's Gap, but the emergency window on one side consantly opens if someone leans on it, I don't think Levi or Amanda will make that mistake again without hanging on for dear life to a seat!! Surprising no one's died yet from that thing.... come to think of it, it was giving us grief on the way to Willow Creek, that and the rear emergency door. Sheesh.

Anyways, we were supposed to be working on our J-strokes, but Sean, Zach and Stephen's canoe was within 30 feet of us, and I guess temptation was just too much for the guys. (As a note, I had absolutley nothing to do with this, I was just a helpless passenger in the canoe) They started moving our canoe faster, and faster, until we were going really fast, and rammed into their canoe. Now, that wouldn't have been so bad, if Jesse, Cam, and Levi hadn't had their canoe on the other side of the intended target. The 'peanut-butter' canoe (ya heard of PB sandwiches? Then ya know what I'm talking about. I think we were 'bread-slice 1') got sandwiched, and got flipped over!!! (Happy to say no one go hurt)

THEN Stephen jumped practically from the PB canoe onto Ridge's lap, Zach got a ride with Jesse until he jumped back in to get the then-sunken canoe out, and Sean climbed on right in front of me, leaving behind him a huge puddle. And since we still had another half-hour of class left, and the boys didn't trust me on a seat with a paddle, I had to sit in the puddle for another 30 minutes!!!!!!!

Next time, I am going to bring an extra pair of jeans, I had to wear my gym shorts for the rest of the day, AFTER riding back to school on a wet butt. Honestly, it looked as if I'd gone with a very full bladder!!! Waist downwards, I was totally soaked. AND the school has things against people wearing gym clothes during classes

THEN (I hear you all, your thinking "uh-oh") when we pulled up to try and park the canoe, the guy's steering went wonky, and we were perpendicular (wow. big word! lol) to the backsides of the other canoes. So, being the kindly gentleman that he is *snorts* Ridge jumped out onto another canoe, then Trevor jumped onto another canoe, and I got left in the floating puddle, going back out to the middle of the lake!!! Remember, the guys didn't trust me with a paddle, so I was stranded!

James ended up having to hand me a paddle so I could get back, and he and Trevor had to hold the boat for me to get out. Very embarrassing. I know I'm going to look back on this in 6 months and laugh til I pass out, but....

I'm not sure how it happened, but I think Levi fell out of his canoe and got absolutley soaked after taking a canoe out by himself with only one paddle, and getting knocked off by Jesse or Cam. Ya know, I think Justin is the only one who got out perfectly dry. (the wuss...)

And now I get to do this all over again on Saturday, unless the trip gets postponed from the weather forecast. Whoop-dee-do-dah.

Ya know, if this wasn't my injury of the week, it came close enough to being that!!! Like I said, Outdoor Ed is a cursed class!!!!

So yes Meadow, that's what the weird junior-high students were doing today. Welcome to the PCA Outdoor Ed class. :P