The day began just like any other. I woke up, stepped out of my tent, and observed all the beauty surrounding me. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the alligators were croaking, and the bugs were buzzing. You could still smell the citronella from the candles we lit to keep the bugs away the night before. Without saying a word, we all sat down and had our breakfast and drank our special tea. I looked around at everyone just then and I realized that it would be a day like no other. I could tell they understood it too as we all sat anxiously waiting for it to begin.

The water was so calm that day. It looked as if we were drifting through a mirror. The trees were more colorful than ever before and with no help from the wind, they vibrated in the clear blue sky. The few existing clouds were glowing in all the colors of the rainbow. Everyth

At that point I decided that I wanted to take a closer look at everything surrounding me. I stared passed the mirrored surface of the water and discovered a whole new world lying beneath me. The bottom of the river was covered in beautiful, smooth, multicolored stones. Growing from underneath the stones were tall green plants that seemed to dance with us as we drifted passed them. I pictured myself sliding in the water like an alligator, taking the plants by the hand, and waltzing with them to the beautiful melody that continued in my head even louder still.

After about six hours of drifting in bliss it began to get dark. We parked our canoes at the bottom of a sandy hill. It was the last camp site on the river so we had to set up camp there. Just when I thought my day dream would come to an end, I climbed the hill only to find a whole new perfect world. The moment I reached the top of the hill a beautiful huge bird spread its wings and flew away into the sunset. I then saw an armadillo run past me and I raced to take a picture of it. The armadillo lead me to a sandy trail that I followed only to find even more amazing life. There were deer off in a field eating grass and I could see the glowing eyes of racoons in the bushes. I wanted to run around and keep looking but it was getting dark and I suddenly had responsibilities again. I had to set up my tent and build a fir

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