Oh Captain! My Captain!

I'm on a boat!

When I came up to Pennsylvania, I promised myself that I would try new things and make the most of my experience in a new place. So far I have lived up to that promise, which is how I found myself canoeing down the Brandywine. Luckily, Kail is an Eagle Scout so he's basically a professional at all things outdoors and was kind enough to let me ride in the front of the boat. He had all the hard work steering in the back, and I was the captain of our mighty vessel. "And stroke! And stroke! Onward ho!" I really got into it. As we reached our first pseudo-rapid, I hear from somewhere behind me, "I look once more, just around the riverbend." It was Justin serenading himself (and everyone else around him) with the first song in Pocahontas. There's a blast from the past. How could I not join in for at least one chorus?
Side Note: If you skim your paddle along the top of the water in just the right direction, you can effectively splash your canoe partner. Kail and I got in somewhat of a water war there for a while. I don't want to toot my own horn, but toot toot. I won :D
We happened along a dinky rope swing about 1/3 of the way down the river, and I can now check that off my list of things to do before I die. About 2/3 of the way down, we had to get out of the river and drag our boat on land to avoid careening over the dam. Now, I am completely useless in situations like this so I designated Kail as the official boat tower. Good thing he had his swim trunks and his flippy floppies (And...T-Pain...) because I turned around just in time to see him fall overboard as he's trying to get out of the canoe. Graceful.
By the end of the adventure, I was doneyuns, but it was so much fun! I had no idea what I'd been missing these past 22 years of life. If there's one thing I've learned since moving up here it's to try anything once. You never know who you're going to meet or what you're going to experience if you don't.

They have the best milkshakes in the entire world. Pinky promise.

P.S. I was going to put Walt Whitman's "Oh Captain! My Captain!" poem on here, but then I actually read it. Did you know that it's about the captain of a ship dying? So not ideal for this situation.