Canoeing in the Rain

A group of us from the college and career group at church went to Sterling to go canoeing this past weekend. It was a lot of fun, except that it rained half of the time and was slightly cold while we were on the rifle river canoeing. Eventually it stopped raining, just in time to have our canoe tipped over when a big ol' tree stump decided to jump up in the middle of the river just as we were going by.

During the first night of camping it was discovered that we didn't have enough tents for everyone, so a few of us guys decided to sleep in the screen tent. We soon realized that our choice of lodging was not particularly a good idea when it started raining at four in the morning. I huddled as close to the middle of the tent as I could, but the rain still managed to visit.

We had a lot of fun though, sitting around the campfire, talking, singing, and playing games. Camping is always fun and you get to know people quite quickly when your living, eating a sleeping beside them.

A Track Meet

Earlier this week my brothers and I met up with the Bay Area Runners club to do some running along with my uncle–who has been running and coaching his entire life–and his kids. I, along with my brothers and my uncle decided to run the mile. I figured, "Ahh, if my forty something year old uncle can run this, so can I." I assumed that it would not be any problem since my brothers and I jog a couple of miles every morning anyway, well except Sunday. I quickly discovered that running a mile is a lot different than jogging two. I barely made it. Near the end of the mile run at the track meet, I felt like I was about to fall over and die. I think that my time was about six minutes and thirty seconds.