Crescent City, Day 2

After we cut wood we went boating and swimming. You can't see it in the picture, but Nolan is in a canoe and we are towing him away from the shore.

That's right, I'm a pirate

They buried Alex in the sand...he said he was Pharaoh

Krista and I jumped into the canoe and went further down stream...the sun went behind a cloud and it got windy and cold. We were heading for Big Rock. This rock sits in the middle of the river and we used to jump off of it...it is about ten feet above the water. It is called Big Rock because it is big and happens to be made of rock!

I had never jumped off of it...I'm afraid of heights and falling. I figure I'd better get over it, because skydiving is becoming a thing for graduates.

The water was freezing...Krista wanted to jump in. I didn't. We should wait for a warmer day and more people to witness my conquering of a childhood fear, was my reasoning. Do you know what she did? She pushed me off of the rock while I was checking the water temp.

I dug my elbow into the rock to stop from sliding in....didn't work. I hit the water about the same time I was trying to scale up the side of the rock. IT WAS COLD! I couldn't pull myself over the rock ledge. So I had to fall back into the frigid water, swim around the rock and get onto it in a different place. All I had to show from it was a cut up elbow from trying to stop the fall and then scale up the rock.

Next time I saw Mom I was like, "Do you know what your mean daughter did to your adorable son????"

I am indignant