September 8th, 2014
The paddle has formed calluses on my hand. Josh is promising
to make me queen of everything I see. I wonder how far we have gone. Cassidy’s
strokes are in sync with mine. I hear the soft noise of water dripping off the
paddle. I feel wind burnt. We are singing “Mirror in the sky what is love. Wont
the child within my heart rise above.” There is a distant deep grumble coming
from the boat in front of me. I assume it is John’s voice. We are switching
sides pretty often to keep ourselves entertained. I am much warmer today than I
was yesterday. I again am wondering how far we have gone and when we will be
stopping at our destination. My warm hands brush lightly against the cold
water. My hair is getting blown everywhere. Josh sings “I’ll put you on the
map, Ill cure you of disease”. Finally we are stopped after a hard day, maybe
the hardest. We all need a group dinner and group cuddle. I jump in the water
with my Partner in Crime Josh. We get asked to fill the dromedaries and josh
goes under trying to catch the Nalgene that was thrown. I thought for a second he
wasn’t coming back up. There is a full moon every twenty eight days and tonight
must be day twenty eight. John let me check out the moon with his binoculars. I
sit under this moon to write my journal. That chili mac was so good I could eat
more right now but I think I will just go to sleep. I hope we all have fun
tomorrow while we are sent down the rapids.
-Haley Brasile
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