Kayaking and Paddle Boarding 

by Samuel Grau

At Camp Cherokee in North Carolina, we worked on some merit badges and one of them I did was kayaking and paddle boarding.  Before doing it I thought it would be hard, but when I did it I had fun!  This is the story of my first time kayaking and paddle boarding.  

It was Saturday and we were all going to do our merit badges.  Some of us worked on robotics, nuclear science, rifle shooting, first aid, emergency preparedness, swimming, and kayaking and paddle boarding.  Before we started in my group, we learned everybody’s name, rank, favorite merit badge and then we went over water safety.  After going over everything we got in the water.  While we were kayaking one of the scouts tipped over 5 times in the kayak! It was funny! Then we had a race and I didn’t win, but a scout  named Jamie won.

I didn’t tip over my kayak, but I did sink it! My second kayak had a hole and kept filling with water!  When we were done kayaking we did paddle boarding, which was a lot easier than I thought.  And it was fun too!

After we finished with the merit badge, we were allowed to swim.  It was the most fun merit badge I have done so far!

-Sam

Hi Troop, this is Abel. This post is part of the Communications Merit Badge series, on which you can find more information here. I will be posting a story daily until the series ends.