Can you canoe like I canoe?

Here we are getting off to an early start, excited about our long day of canoeing (15.5 miles).....

Just over the first bend on our trip we came upon a field of what looked like grass in the middle of the river. Not too bad I guess, it was only about a mile and a halfs worth... Josh asked "should we keep going"?? And my answere as usual "Of course we do!"

When we finaly made it through the grass forest, giant rocks and shallow water were there waiting for us to round the next bend. After alot of stuggling to make it through with our awesome canoeing skills, we finaly decided it was best to just get out of the canoe and walk the boat down the river until we found deeper water.... this only lasted for about two miles (three hours) ....no biggie right?? (this is a photo of me and the canoe in the middle of the river).

After many hours of sweat, blood, (and I think a few tears from Josh) we finaly made it to some deeper water, and beautiful scenery!

Here we are on an island that we stopped at to eat our lunch. After going through the first part of our trip we had decided it was best to plan our eating carefully and salvage our food, there was no telling how long we would be out there!!

Here is one of Josh trying to get the many gallons of water out of the boat that had accumulated thus far. He used a ziplock bag that we had to keep our sandwiches in. We both figured it was around five gallon that he scooped out! Josh claimed it was the weight of the water that was making his end of the boat drag the bottom of the river so much....whatever helps you sleep at night Josh....:o)

Packing up ship and getting ready to begin the rest of our voyage. In the second half of the trip the water was much deeper, so we were able to stay in the boat the rest of the way. However, with the high winds at our face, and the river wanting to move us in the opposite direction, we were both worn our from all of the paddling!!

Although things didn't go quite as planned, we had alot of fun amongst our struggles. We saw a TON of wildlife (racoon, deer, hawks catching fish, and plenty of fish!)It was definitely a day to remember! We made the whole trip in about six and a half hours.

Happy 4th of July!!

Josh and I decided to go out to a local park here in Tuscaloosa (Sokol park) to watch some fireworks on the 4th. It is agianst the law to shoot fireworks in Tuscaloosa on every day except on the 4th, so you can imagine how crowded it was!! It took us close to an hour to get out of the park when the show was over. Howevere, the fireworks were really great and we had a good time while we were there!