We all left the church at around 7:30 a.m. and arrived at Whispering Winds at 10:00. A few minutes after arriving, the bus pulled in and we piled in with our gear and everything. The bus carried us surprisingly fast and we arrived at Akers Ferry at around noon. Once the canoes were all packed, we used the restroom and headed out. Wednesday we canoed for about 4 miles and, stopping every once in a while, arrived at our campsite pretty quickly.Our campsite that night was a good one, and we had a slightly swift current beside it, so we were able to float from farther up stream, all the way down to our campsite. Several of the scouts were forced to go without tents because the ones we used didn't have near enough poles in them. That evening we all ate supper and then retired for the evening. I didn't sleep so well because the rocks were hard and the bugs were really biting that night. It misted really heavy that evening and if we wouldn't have had the tarp our gear would have gotten soaked. In the morning we woke up early and worked for a very long time trying to get a fire going, finally, with Mr,Temple and Mr.Pattersons help we got a nice fire going. When we had all our gear put in the canoes,and had policed the area, we started another fun day of canoeing. The River was cold but beautiful. We stopped by some caves and a very very cold spring. We found a huge cave that we took some pictures of, and a few of us wanted to camp in it, but it was against rules and if it rained it would run right through it. We began canoeing and were forced to stop for it was pouring down rain and lighting. We waited on the Island until it subsided and then finished the trip stopping at a good campsite. It was the same campsite we used last time and worked perfectly. Mr.Patterson saved the people who didn't have tent by setting up a tarp roof the we all slept under when it rained that evening.Nathan got a good campfire going and we ate supper. After supper, Caleb Murray led a campfire. There were some funny skits involved.After the campfire, we played in the river, and went to bed. In the morning, we all ate breakfast and packed our gear in the canoes. We policed the area, and began our last day of canoeing. We stopped for lunch and most of us jumped off of a at least 30 foot cliff. After finishing eating, we canoed for six more miles, only tipping a canoe once. ( Ian Gould and Jordan Asher). Our troop arrived at Round Springs approximately forty-five minutes early so that we had time to swim. At two o'clock, the bus picked us up. We stopped at the McDonald's in Jamestown for a snack as we were all very hungry, then headed home.

 

By: Daniel Loftin