Summer '98 Blackwater Canoe Trip
We spent the
afternoon learning how to control our canoes around the
sharp corners and how to take advantage of the swift
current. Because of the twisting of the river,
around each bend were large, white sandbars. As the
afternoon wore on, we found a large sandbar, big enough
for all of us to camp on. We unloaded our gear and began
to prepare camp for the night. After dinning on ramen and
kool-aid, we cooled off by swiming and fishing in the
dark cool water off the river. A few hours after the sun
had gone down we heard the drone of a large aircraft
flying nearby. Moments 
later, a C-130 transport
plane flew over our camp. We went to sleep that night
listening to the sounds of C-130's, helicopters, and
practice munitions from the nearby Air Force base. We all
slept soundly that night, after a tough, but fun
afternoon of paddling one of Florida's best rivers.
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