Kayaking at Camp

Green pastures Camp 3.20.2017

Hi my name is Addison and today I’m going to do a blog post to you about kayaking at green pastures.

My group and I were doing rotations at Green Pastures Camp as were the rest of my class.
My teachers were calling out the groups 1 to 8 for what the rotations my class and I will be doing. "Group 1 is on kayaking". At first I was terrified because I’ve heard stories of people that have fallen out of the kayaks. My group and I got down to the lake. I had butterflies in my stomach. The parents were pulling out the kayaks and everyone was hopping in.
Then it was my turn. My heart was pounding. I hopped in the kayak and the parents pushed me further in the water. I got my paddle and started paddling. I couldn’t stop looking down in the water. I meet up with Ayah. If I was anywhere in a kayak I would want to be by Ayah. She always makes me feel confident. So I paddled over to her and while I was paddling I bumped into some people and the kayak started rocking. I thought I was going to tip over, so I closed my eyes and held my breath. I opened my eyes after 10 seconds and I started to breathe. I looked around me and the kayak stopped rocking... I was fine! After that I loved kayaking and I finally felt safe. I started racing people and I won both of those races. Everyone went back to the start so I thought we were done. I raced back, but everyone just wanted paddle boards. If paddle boards were so cool I wanted one too. So I finally got a paddle board and I had to stand on it. I LOVED it. But as soon as I got confident it was time to hop off. My friends jumped in the dark water. They looked at me and kept on saying "jump Addi jump!" over and over again. I touched the sparkling water with the tip of my finger, took a deep breath and flung myself into the warm settled water. I was so proud of myself.

And that is my kayak story

 

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