Thats really true with everyone of us having tried canoeing for the first ever time in our lives and trust me we will not forget this for a long long time. Atleast Sam and Sudheer(Not me - my friend) will never forget the adventure for a while.
We started off late on saturday APR 04, and reached the River Farm by 5 in the evening and within an hour we were all set for canoeing. We had absolutely no idea what's ahead. We 7 guys started off in three canoes. 2 - 2 and 3 in each.
Naresh and I in one, Ramesh and Srikanth in one and the most adventorous bunch of Sam, Sudheer and Srini. The first accident was with the canoe I was in , we couldnt control the canoe initially even though we tried our best and we hit a rock and our canoe tumbled upside down.
Everyone had atleast one crash in the first few minutes. Then when we started learning the art fo canoeing and everything was smooth, came in the most rocky part of the stream. The canoe with Sam,sudheer and Srini have hit a rock and three of them jumped into the river. Then they lost their pedals in the stream and then with great difficulty they managed to pull the canoe to the left ofthe shore. Naresh and I tried to rescue them to the shore and in the process i slipped and fell upside down in the stream. We had laughed at the incident for a while but all our smiles turned to scary thoughts when we figured out that there was a copperhead(venomous snake) sitting in a bag in the canoe which we just pulled to the shore. There you go, Sam who hates snakes was freaking everyone out. We discovered that the snake was in the bag right from the start and snake hater Sam was sitting right on top of the bag from the start.
Everyone was terrified for a while but we managed to pull the canoe to the shore and the three guys who just are out of a shock tried to walk back to the starting point across an unkown territory. They started walking back but within just a few minutes lost their way and three of them had no clue of where they were heading. They walked through whatever came their way and it was getting dark by around 7:30 pm. This never happened with them had to walk with no communication or help or guide whatsoever and they were becoming restless with every minute passed by. Finally and luckily for our group, not to miss the fun part, three of them were able to find the way back.
Then started our second adventure, to set up a tent at around 8:30 pm in the night.
We planned to start a camp fire and then start building our tent in that light...but it seems our adventure wants to get bigger and bigger. The lighter ran out of gas just the moment we started to lit the camp fire. We got the matchsticks from Myron and managed to set up everything.
The next day morning was the most PLEASANT morning i had ever seen. With bright sun rays trying to pierce through the forest and the view i had is simply unforgettable. We were so thrilled, may be we didnt expect so much out there and it turned out to be an extremely happy trip.
And it gives me so much pleasure to thank Mylon who have been so helpful and friendly all through our stay.
