Sorry, not about TAS, it was about my canoe trip. I told everyone that I was going to try to get us on the show about our trip. Think about it…6 women, totally different backgrounds, experience, comfort levels, only a few knew each other prior…and we conquered a bit of nature, history, and our own issues, as well as the “wilds” of the Berens River. Now, THERE’S a story. Ordinary women being extraordinary. I’m also going to write to Ellen. Any other suggestions, TAS readers and writers? I have an article brewing in my head for a women’s outdoor magazine, mainstream outdoor magazine, or anything else I could sell it to. Banana, you’re the writer in the family. Any ideas? Any ideas on a great slant? I have a million and I don’t know how to narrow it down.
I wrote to Oprah a little bit about water. I referenced a few posts ago my tipping incident. Well, I tipped twice. The first time was due to total lack of communication about what the hell we were doing. We celebrated, then I did not communicate that I was drawing us out of the whitewater, while my stern still had her paddle in the air. Yep, we dumped. I was fine with it. I totally trusted my stern. 100%, and she knew it. We did not lose our paddles, nor a single piece of equipment. I only panicked when we got sucked back into the whitewater and eddy for the 3rd time and started cursing, shouting, and generally carrying on. She still likes me, amazingly, but I have to say if anyone was going in the water, the two of us were the best two to go. We’re both calm in emergency (she’s an RN), and we both have GREAT respect for the water. So, after the third go round, I decided to use the paddle I had in hand, and with my feet planted in the opposite gunwale (boat upside down, bags and gear floating, lodged inside), I and my partner paddled out on our backs to the water’s edge. Then we baled. A lot. And baled some more.
