That was awesome..

Just got back from my first time white water rafting, and it was freaking sweet. The student government went up the Kennebec River to Crab Apple Rafting, where we got guides that took us twelve miles down the river, through rapids and slow spots. Getting tossed off the boat by a wave was simultaneously one of the scariest and coolest moments of my life. Underwater, with my head bumping the bottom of the boat, all I could think was, "shoot, and on the last rapid, too." I popped up downstream of the boat and swam back to it. Amazing experience. We also got to get out and swim around in the river as the current took us downstream. I'd say we probably floated around for a mile before getting back in the raft. Six of us in the raft, along with the guide, made for some awesome wave hits. I got soaking wet and swallowed plenty of river water - which is okay, because we were right at the mouth of the Kennebec - but I was loving every minute of it.

Freshmen get on campus tomorrow, and I have to be up early to help them move in. There are already a few bouncing around campus, looking a little lost, trailing their parents. Tomorrow most of the upperclassmen on campus, myself included, are talking to the freshmen about safe drinking habits. Should be a fun time.