Trip Reporters: Joe and Sam
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| Nice work, team! |
The hand on the clock was much further along than usual when
Georgia's voice awoke us as it carried through the screen door of all of our
tents. Rubbing the sleep out of our eyes, we saw a clean, organized camp, with a
few early risers joining Patrick in yoga on the beach. After a breakfast of
grits and peaches, the leaders sat us down and explained what was about to
happen – to test our teamwork skills, we were challenged to pair up and clean up
camp with one of the pair blindfolded. The
other person was to guide. After a while of stumbling around, and dodging obsta-
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| Reflection and discussion on conservation |
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| What a great lunch spot! |
cles, we successfully completed the
task given. After the activity we loaded the canoes and set out on the paddle
to out next campground. The twelve mile paddle to Horseshoe Flats Campground in
Scottsville seemed to fly by. Before we
knew it, we stopped for lunch in a backwater creek near Goosby Island on the south side of the
James. After a lunch of tortillas with various fillings, we sat down for a discussion
about the differences between conservation and preservation, then the students
were given time to ourselves to explore and write in our journals. In no time
at all we were back in our canoes and paddling the miles away. The miles did
not seem so long because we were having fun singing and splashing each other.
At the end of our journey we arrived in Scottsville tired, hydrated, and full
of artsy pictures from the day on our camera. Once camp was completely set up, we were able to play volleyball, swing, and enjoy the delicacy that is Goldfish
before sitting down to a delicious meal and campfire. The day was certainly
full of lovely surprises and everyone is looking forward to tomorrow’s
adventures.
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