Canoeing

I have been volunteering with the Spina Bifida Association of Alabama (SBA) for five years. I first decided to begin working with this association because working with children who have disabilities has always held a special place in my heart. Working with the SBA has helped me make a difference in my community and bring awareness to the disease of Spina Bifida. Spina Bifida victims have many limitations. The disease causes problems with their walking skills and most victims become confined to…

public health. Due to the hurricane’s high rainfalls, this historical flooding initiated many threats amongst fellow Texans. What’s in the water could be a dangerous, as many could be trying to save lives, evacuate, or horse around (ex. swimming, canoeing, etc.). It is advised to stay away from the floodwaters for one’s own safety. One of these hazards are infectious, deadly diseases that could infect a human by one swallowing contaminated water or if one has a cut, water contacted it. That…

It took a good forty-five minutes but once there we all climbed out me rubbing tan lotion on of course while the adults got cash since credit cards were not accepted there. Canoeing was the first and only thing I wanted to do to start off so I hooked on a life jacket for me and then my son and was all ready to go. We head an uneven number though so I had to choose whether or not to canoe since they said it is difficult for…

education class. In brief, these topics use unique situations and purposeful activities to provide an environment for learning. But more specifically, Wilderness Sports promote physically challenging outdoor activities (ex. camping, backpacking, canoeing, hiking, etc.) While Adventure Education can be defined as, activities in which obstacles are used or environments are created…

CRABBE When someone describes Crabbe you get the image of a semi-alcoholic teenage boy. Who is only book smart, lives in the city and has almost no friends. Crabbe is even mad at his teachers and parents. Crabbe struggles with his family and friends, his wilderness and survival skills and, he needs to mature. Crabbe’s family and friends all have “different” relationships with each other. Crabbe and his family don’t have a very healthy relationship. All Crabbe and his…

Hello, I feel like we should stop celebrating Columbus Day as a national holiday, as he is not a historical hero. My reasons for this is that he destroyed a civilization, enslaved and terrorized Indians, and was generally ruthless to others. When Columbus got to the New World, he destroyed a society present there. He and his crew brought new diseases, such as smallpox, measles, and influenza to the New World. The Indians, who had no medical knowledge, couldn’t fight the viruses, killing off a…

the program was called Skills Training for Emergency Preparedness, or STEP. The program was designed for Christian young ladies and was set up similarly to what I imagine boot camp would be like, though not as strict. While I was there, I learned canoeing, search and rescue, CPR, first aid, AED training, survival training, basic home maintenance, repelling, river crossing, and I even trained for a 3k run. While I had a great time there, I still found some aspects of the trip rather trying of my…

Our help is needed to once again fix Lake Erie’s Blue-Green Algae problem! Since the 1960’s Lake Erie has had a thick sheet of Blue-Green Algae growing, threatening the lives of thousands of animals and humans that depend on it for fresh water and food. In the mid 1960’s Lake Erie was so polluted that TIME Magazine declared it as “ In danger of dying of suffocation.” The Cuyahoga River was so bad that it caught on fire multiple times, the Mayor of Cleveland declared war on pollution! It was…

park. As part of this unique experience, walking and canoeing tours through the famed Loxahatchee River are available along with tours through 13 different natural habitats that include sand pine, flat-woods, mangroves and river swamp basins. The idyllic William G. “Doc” Myers Park at: 10000 SE Dixie Highway, also offers visitors scenic views that will help brighten their days in this sub-tropical paradise. Moreover, kayaking, sailing, canoeing, snorkeling and world-class fishing make a case…

river was very shallo. There were horseflies. We snorkeled to this little cliff and we jumped off of it. It was fun.it was vary butefull. That morning there was fog.the next day we canoed for 4 hours in the Jacks Fork river. It porde when we were canoeing in the river. We went…