Today was a very productive day! We started off with a quick portage, to the red mail box, which is around half a mile! The boys absolutely crushed it, and then we got to paddling. Paddling is the most used skill on trail, so we went over each stroke, Power Stroke, J-Stroke, and the C-Stroke. Each stroke plays it’s own role in steering and propelling the canoe forwards. The boys paddled on the dock so both of us gave pointers on correct technique, and ways to adjust poor technique. Afterwards we got into the bulk of our meeting, route planning! The boys are super ambitious and we are all for it! Talks of Fourth of July Falls, rapids, fire towers, and much more were all taken into consideration. The boys decided they wanted to do the Pigeon River, so they had to figure out how to maneuver from our starting point, Wallace Lake to the Pigeon River, and include everything else they want to see and experience. Unfortunately we ran out of time, but towards the end there was talks of a crew portage record.
