Day 17

September 1, 2014

Well it’s hard to believe it’s almost September already, and that 17 days ago we said our goodbyes to our family members, and loved ones until December. Not knowing what was going to happen was probably one of the scariest things about ECOEE. Today began as a bright and sunny day as we packed our river bags. Our day was shortly interrupted by rain and thunder. We were forced to stay in our tents for sometime until the all clear was called. After the all clear was called the decision was made to continue our journey down the river. After sometime of paddling we found ourselves battling the wind and waves, but our group never quit. As we continued to paddle a very dark rain cloud was quickly heading our way. As we continued to paddle the rain cloud got closer and closer. We soon realized that we wouldn’t beat the rain that was quickly heading in our direction and our destination felt even further away. We continued to but our group didn’t let the rain bring us down, carrying on our conversations and still singing. When we arrived at camp for the night we struggled to make our way to the top of very slick rocks that surrounded the island we were camping on. Even though today was a very difficult day we all worked together to bring light to the situation. Though in reality it did help that Kenny left his dry bag open and it filled with water.

Vickey Benhart