Canoeing Fun!
Wed, 2005-05-11 12:42 — jrearick
Wow, last weekend was great. Perfect for letting me forget about the end of the semester, plus I got to be with Gaila after about a month of not seeing her at all. Pictures of the canoe trip can be found here. I meant to type this up yesterday, but there has been so much catching up to do and I was about half way though it when the stupid expedia.com site decided to crash the browser. So, anyway, here is what has been happening.
Thursday: About a couple minutes after I finished my last blog entry, Gaila called saying that she just got home and she was ready to go get some dinner and hang out.
Friday: Gaila made pancakes at her place, we packed up stuff for the trip. Picked up a dorm fridge from Mel's place and watched Hitchhikers Guide with her, her mom, and sister. Afterwards was dinner at Great Plains.
Saturday: Wake up early and on the road around 8:00 AM. Arrive in Yankton to stop by Gaila's dorm around noonish to pick up a pillow and eat Wendy's for lunch. We end up catching Dez and Demetri on our way out of Yankton and over to Stone's place (Dr. Stone and his son Pat were the ones organizing and leading our canoe trip) about 20 or so more miles out of town. This was nice because they actually knew where we were going. We meet up with everyone going (Pat, Dez, Demetri, and Chandy?), pack up gear and head out to pick up the canoes then to the launch point below the dam on the Missouri River near Pickstown. A map of the segment of river to did can be found here. In total we did about 18 miles. The wind was pretty bad on Saturday. We were paddling into it and it also caused some rough water that deeply concerned our guide.
We camped over night on a large island. We were able to set up camp and start eating dinner just before a nice spring storm hit, afterwards there were some nice rainbows and the weather was beautiful. This is when I took the majority of my pictures. That night was a campfire and s'mores.
Sunday: Wake up early, break down camp, load the canoe and do another 14 miles or so in much shallower water, but much nicer weather conditions. We eat lunch on the bank waiting for the trailer to arrive and split off our various ways. Once Gaila and I get back into town, it was time to move her dorm room the the 4th floor. We then get a filling meal at the Fryin' Pan (good place to eat if you find yourself in Yankton). Go back to the dorm for showers and rest.
Monday: I was planning on heading home Sunday, but I was just way too exhausted, so I called in work Monday morning and helped Gaila with Shopping to stock her up with food. She made some Raman, gave back rubs and I headed out.
Tuesday: Back to the normal summer schedule. I finally got my done with reserving a hotel room for WWDC. It is a pain in the butt to do this stuff when my parents are involved, but it turns out they will be paying for everything.
Anyway, I should be getting some work done. I just thought I'd document a very nice weekend.
Thursday: About a couple minutes after I finished my last blog entry, Gaila called saying that she just got home and she was ready to go get some dinner and hang out.
Friday: Gaila made pancakes at her place, we packed up stuff for the trip. Picked up a dorm fridge from Mel's place and watched Hitchhikers Guide with her, her mom, and sister. Afterwards was dinner at Great Plains.
Saturday: Wake up early and on the road around 8:00 AM. Arrive in Yankton to stop by Gaila's dorm around noonish to pick up a pillow and eat Wendy's for lunch. We end up catching Dez and Demetri on our way out of Yankton and over to Stone's place (Dr. Stone and his son Pat were the ones organizing and leading our canoe trip) about 20 or so more miles out of town. This was nice because they actually knew where we were going. We meet up with everyone going (Pat, Dez, Demetri, and Chandy?), pack up gear and head out to pick up the canoes then to the launch point below the dam on the Missouri River near Pickstown. A map of the segment of river to did can be found here. In total we did about 18 miles. The wind was pretty bad on Saturday. We were paddling into it and it also caused some rough water that deeply concerned our guide.
We camped over night on a large island. We were able to set up camp and start eating dinner just before a nice spring storm hit, afterwards there were some nice rainbows and the weather was beautiful. This is when I took the majority of my pictures. That night was a campfire and s'mores.
Sunday: Wake up early, break down camp, load the canoe and do another 14 miles or so in much shallower water, but much nicer weather conditions. We eat lunch on the bank waiting for the trailer to arrive and split off our various ways. Once Gaila and I get back into town, it was time to move her dorm room the the 4th floor. We then get a filling meal at the Fryin' Pan (good place to eat if you find yourself in Yankton). Go back to the dorm for showers and rest.
Monday: I was planning on heading home Sunday, but I was just way too exhausted, so I called in work Monday morning and helped Gaila with Shopping to stock her up with food. She made some Raman, gave back rubs and I headed out.
Tuesday: Back to the normal summer schedule. I finally got my done with reserving a hotel room for WWDC. It is a pain in the butt to do this stuff when my parents are involved, but it turns out they will be paying for everything.
Anyway, I should be getting some work done. I just thought I'd document a very nice weekend.
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