Kayaking in Karitane !

firstly I got out of bed at about 9:30 and had some nutri-grain for breakfast. It was the middle of the school holidays and my dad, my brother, my cousin, his friend and I were all going kayaking in Karratane!

Secondly we got the equipment and set off down the road to the river. When we got there we put the kayaks in the river and got in them. Dad said it was better to go up stream first so we didn't have to on the way back,and we did.

After about fifteen minutes of rowing like olympic champions we took another branch (another way)off the main river. My brother and cousin couldn't keep up so they didn't see us take the branch. We just hoped they'd figure it out and go back too

The route we took was freaky because there was metal spiked balls that made me think something was waiting or after us.There was boggy water as well. Not like the ones in the movies, just greenish, kind of shallow water.

I even had to sit at the very front of the kayak with no seat like a duck because my dad was putting to much weight at the back of it.

Finally after what seemed like an hour of rowing we reached the jeep where my brother and cousin were waiting for us. It was kind of funny how my cousin kept on saying how scared he was, because for the last week of me and my brothers living with with him he kept on saying how much he hated me.

To conclude we all went home safe and sound. But something about those spiky metal balls still made me think something was waiting for us