Raging Rapids
Last year, I had the opportunity to travel to the Grand
Canyon. I got to connect with some kids from my school and I also got to meet
new people. At night we would sleep under the stars, camped out on the bank of
the Colorado River; and during the day we would white water raft, taking
occasional breaks to play a game of ninja. It was a great trip; however, one day the rapids were
unusually violent – tossing our paddle boats at will. My boat had the most
experienced rowers, so we were able to maintain control, albeit while narrowly
avoiding a large jagged rock in the middle of the river. However, the others
weren’t so lucky. We looked up to see several of our classmates floating down
the river. Luckily, we didn’t panic and we were able to get our classmates to
safety, while rescuing the majority of our equipment that had gotten lost in
the struggle.
