River Flows in You

 In Boy Scouts, I got to take an awful lot of camping trips. No trip was ever quite as exciting, though, as the time that my troop. Up from a troop from Duncannon and went on one of their upper-level Scouts favorite summer trip, one in which they kayak 50 miles on the Juniata River. I needed to do I can you trip over 20 miles to get my outdoor exploration merit badge for Eagle Scout, and this seems like a perfect way to do so. So for the first time in a long time, their troops merged with ours, a result of a scoutmaster from my troop being a co-worker with one of the scale masters from their trip.

Also featuring some of these fine gents.

When I went on the trip, I had a lot of emotional baggage that I was dealing with. Any time I could get out the house and get some vacation to myself was much needed. Answer my best friend since middle school so I can seem to be friends with and I decided to become tent mates for this weekend Excursion. We camped out the first night where we were, enjoying s'mores and a bonfire, but in the morning, early in the morning, we would be mulching are canoes and kayaks for the Southern Shores.

It was on this camping trip that I finally realized how much I enjoyed kayaking, as I was invited 2 use one of those neighboring trips kayaks about halfway through. I was reluctant to give my kayak back at the end of the trip, as I had enjoyed it so much. After kayaking the trip, as I had enjoyed it so much. After kayaking several miles downstream and having the time of my life, having some of the deepest conversations on my life on the Riverside, I can never look at canoeing the same way. It was also on this trip that I'm had my first MRE, or meal ready to eat. This invention by the United States Marine Corps is meant as a caloric supplement for soldiers who are either in active duty or in field training, and in my situation, it was a quick meal that could be done with just a little bit of water that had been purified from the river.

Late at night one night, after we stopped at our campsite and had a shower and a snack, I laid in my tent talking with my best friend Joseph. I was overcoming my first heartbreak at this point in time, and I asked him what he thought about whether or not she would remember me years from now. It was then that he delivered some of the most solid advice I've ever had gotten. Simple, but effective. He said, “Always remember as much as you can. Try not to forget anything. Because when you finally do remember, you'll remember that you have forgotten it." Because of the effect it had on me at that time, I still remember those words to this day.

 Between kayaking, river-filled Super Soakers, some moving water, a couple of stray rocks, wonderful side bars along the river, and the camaraderie of both troops, I had the time of my life on this trip. It instilled a sense of adventure in me that lingers to this day, and a sense of adventure in me that lingers to this day, and will always be my favorite camping trip I've ever taken. Until the river calls me home once again, I dream and fondly remember.

Creekin'

When I was getting ready to go to grad school, I hung out with my cousin and went to his house by a large Creek in lower Pennsylvania. Little did I know, I would be embarking for the adventure of a lifetime. I would be finding some old inner tubes in his backyard, patching them up with duct tape, and floating them down a river.

Now, up to this point in time I have been kayaking and canoeing and Rowing, as well as white water rafting, but I was never in a muddy creek in somebody's backyard. I was either on a lake or a river, and established and public body of water. This was the first time I would be on public property and palisading in a tube in murky and quick Waters. It had just rained and flooded everything except the creek, so the water is definitely moving.

For those of you that have never considered doing anything quite as Redneck as this, you definitely need to. Honestly, those 40 minutes I spent floating down the river or the most translucent and Beautiful Moments of that summer.

Now, it's not to say that this adventure does not come without its perlilous plate of danger. In fact, it was actually somewhat terrifying a parts, as the strong current of the undertow would be dragging me straight into the river bed or into a fallen tree. Being way to tripped out on caffeine also did not help the situation whatsoever. However, it was easily the most fun I ever had in water, despted it being frigid cold. What's my body temperature adjusted though, it was all fine.

And so, I emplore all of you to jump into a creek and float down it sometime soon. It might just be the best hour spent in your entire life.