Pondering at The Ponds
Years ago, on one of my first river rafting trips, a school teacher in the group gave me this advice: Always try to keep your oars dry. At the time, that made no sense to me at all, thinking I needed to keep my oars in the river so I could control the raft.
With more experience, I began to notice how hard I was working to avoid rocks. I would power from one side of the river to the other, sometimes...
Years ago, on one of my first river rafting trips, a school teacher in the group gave me this advice: Always try to keep your oars dry. At the time, that made no sense to me at all, thinking I needed to keep my oars in the river so I could control the raft.
With more experience, I began to notice how hard I was working to avoid rocks. I would power from one side of the river to the other, sometimes...
