August 10, 2012 Canoe Base Day 7
Today amongst all others was by far the most strenuous and longest. Breakfast was simple we had cereal with dried fruit. When I first saw the fruit in the cereal I thought the cereal wasn't going to taste very good, but to my surprise it wasn't half bad. Then we were off and the sun was shining and it was a hot morning. At our first portage we stopped along the way to check out Eddy falls which was a waterfall that was about sixty feet tall with roaring rapids. As we were admiring the falls our guide started walking towards the falls at first we weren't sure what he was doing until he went right into the water falls. We all followed suit and I was surprised by how warm the water was and I'm glad that I went into it because it made me feel refreshed and gave me a sense of strength that helped me throughout the day. By lunch time we had done about five portages and canoed eight miles. The portages varied in size some of them where long where as other didn't even seem like it was worth getting out of the canoe because they were so short. For lunch we had peanut butter and jelly on Hudson Bay bread which I didn't like at all the bread tasted like I was biting into a cinder block. The rest of the afternoon we did another five portages and nine more miles and by the time I we reached the camp sight everyone was exhausted.
As for dinner we had pasta and corn it was delicious. For desert we had mouthwatering brownies which were by far the best snack we had yet. The journey is coming to an end as we have a day and a half left and I'm disappointed that its coming to an end. But the way I see it, I got to experience this once and lifetime opportunity and I'm glad that I was given the chance because this trip has taught me so much about myself and the people around me. Most importantly I learned that the only person who holds you back is yourself. If you don't take advantage of the oppurnities given to you and don't make the most of what you have, your going to being missing out on your experience and not gaining as much value if you had acted.
Today amongst all others was by far the most strenuous and longest. Breakfast was simple we had cereal with dried fruit. When I first saw the fruit in the cereal I thought the cereal wasn't going to taste very good, but to my surprise it wasn't half bad. Then we were off and the sun was shining and it was a hot morning. At our first portage we stopped along the way to check out Eddy falls which was a waterfall that was about sixty feet tall with roaring rapids. As we were admiring the falls our guide started walking towards the falls at first we weren't sure what he was doing until he went right into the water falls. We all followed suit and I was surprised by how warm the water was and I'm glad that I went into it because it made me feel refreshed and gave me a sense of strength that helped me throughout the day. By lunch time we had done about five portages and canoed eight miles. The portages varied in size some of them where long where as other didn't even seem like it was worth getting out of the canoe because they were so short. For lunch we had peanut butter and jelly on Hudson Bay bread which I didn't like at all the bread tasted like I was biting into a cinder block. The rest of the afternoon we did another five portages and nine more miles and by the time I we reached the camp sight everyone was exhausted.
As for dinner we had pasta and corn it was delicious. For desert we had mouthwatering brownies which were by far the best snack we had yet. The journey is coming to an end as we have a day and a half left and I'm disappointed that its coming to an end. But the way I see it, I got to experience this once and lifetime opportunity and I'm glad that I was given the chance because this trip has taught me so much about myself and the people around me. Most importantly I learned that the only person who holds you back is yourself. If you don't take advantage of the oppurnities given to you and don't make the most of what you have, your going to being missing out on your experience and not gaining as much value if you had acted.
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