Nicola

When we walked out to the canoes I felt nervous and excited for my first time in a canoe. When I took my first step into the canoe I felt unstable and way out of my comfort zone, like I was walking along a bridge that took big sways each time you stepped.
When Hannah hopped in I felt safer, because I wasn’t sitting there by myself. As Mr. C pushed us off the land I felt the boat tilt just a little bit. All of a sudden my I could feel my body fill with excitement and there was still a tremble of terror.
As we floated down the lake Hannah instructed me, and soon I felt normal about canoeing. I wasn’t nervous anymore and I felt more and more excited each time I paddled.
When we started heading down the river Hannah and I had to work hard to keep out of the reads, because I was terrified of leaches. As we started heading back to the canoe shed I felt very tired, but I was proud of myself that I had done something that was way out of my comfort zone.