A few loose ends from the canoe trip...
A mouse got into our gear. We had packed all the perishables into the cooler, but had left a freezer bag full of energy bars in plastic bin with the lid on. I had also left my waterproof hat out sitting on top of my knife and box of waterproof matches. The mouse got into the bin (impressive), ate a hole into the plastic freezer bag and sampled two of the energy bars -- choosing one mint mocha and one apple crisp. Apparently, these bars were so tasty that he then decided instead to eat the cover off the waterproof matches. I find this funny in that my wife would probably also choose to eat cardboard over the energy bars I eat.
When we got to the end, there was a family playing in the water with a beagle that went crazy when we glided by. He jumped in the water and started to swim after us. My assumption is that canoe is somewhat slower that chasing cars -- so we were a better target.
As a testament to the canoe, we didn't have to scoop much water until a great rapid at the end where we went through with little problem until a drop of about 3 feet had a wave that hit David (in the front of the canoe) high in the chest. We calculated that we had taken in about 20 gallons, which being the heavier guy on the trip, was all sitting down with me in the back of the boat. We pulled over to the side only to startle off a copperhead (poisonous snake) from the bank. Neither of us really like snakes, reason again why I prefer to backpack in the northern regions.
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