Here we are getting ’suited up’ in our life jackets and learning how to hold our paddles.
Here are some of the happy crew in the umiaq. They quickly learned that paddling is exercise!
Some of us got more than a little bit wet, but we kept our smiles.
O.K. I must say that this group, the first ones on the water, look pretty well drenched! They didn’t really complain too much to me. But then you don’t see me in the boat. Honestly, I didn’t plan it that way!
Until we got back to school and unpacked the soggy coats I really didn’t realize just how hard it had rained. One of the advantages of going first was that this group saw seaplanes taking off. The second group didn’t get that experience.
Here we are listening intently for directions on how to make our model boats.
We had lots of grown up helpers; grandmas and moms! They helped us hammer nails, drill holes, tie strings, and add decoration to our boats.
