The Canoe Trip

Today we are preparing for a 50 mile canoe trip on the Missouri River for Stephen, Shane, Stan, Josh (Stan's brother), and our friends Leonerd and Adam Claar. We've ...uh...kind of... put off... a lot of the preparations, so we will be busy today. The boys have already cut up fruit and dried it to put in trail mix, and I sliced meat, cured it, and put it in the drier today for jerky. But we have to pack and put together all the rest of the food for the trip.

Our school year will be officially over tomorrow so this is a great end of year activity for the older boys. The boys finished their school work yesterday for the year, and Jessi and Jacob will be done tomorrow. The rest of us are going to have a pizza/movie party tomorrow night to celebrate.