Kayaking

It was a horrible day.
And I was going to be kayaking.
Once we'd all sorted ourselves out, we hopped into the cars with mounting feelings of excitement and or nervousness.


We finally got to the river. We played some games to get ourselves all warmed up, but dear reader, you were probably there, if you go to loburn school. So I won't bore you with the minute details.


After these games, we got into the water with our kayaks and quite a bit of shouting from some of the girls. In my mind, I'm thinking; ''what's all the fuss about, it's just water and a bit of harmless algae.''


Then we played some more games, canoe polo, to get used to our boat, find their flaws and whatnot.
Anyway, a few minutes later, the first, (of many might I add) capsizing happened. I do believe that the person who upset the boat was Samuel.
After that we all learnt how to get back into a boat if it capsized. Not the hard way, of course.


And after all that kerfuffle, (and after the rain had stopped and turned into a boiling hot day!) we set off to begin a tedious 2 hours in (in some cases) stubborn boats and the splashes of Holly M trying to get people to fall out of their boat, especially Lachlan.


We saw lots of wildlife along the way when Holly was quiet. At about halfway, we saw some signets! And, of course the VERY protective parents (black swans) come with that package.
We also saw white baiters, some were nice and friendly, and the other, well lets just say he wasn't to happy when Haylley nudged Jess's boat's nose into the direction of his nets.


After that it was lunch.


And after that, it was another game of canoe polo. And attempt at Eskimo Kisses. Like a hongi, you might say, except we had to do it to the boat. This caused quite a few capsizing's and a bit more that a few screams. 
The game after that caused even more shouts. We rafted up, and numbered off. Then, Chris would shout out to numbers and you had to swap boats. Without falling in. Lets say that quite a few people weren't successful with that last part. Including Mum.


A wee while after, with Jess still in a huff, we got the end of the road. I finally clambered out of my kayak and pulled it up to Mr. Priddy.
Then I changed into some nice clean DRY! (not that I capsized, because I didn't!) clothes. And listened to what Mr. Priddy and the instructors had to say. I then got all my stuff, hopped in the car and headed home.


And, that, was when I discovered that that I was wearing lucky red socks.
I had seriously sunburnt shins. ;)