Hello I'm Otis. Home Country : New Zealand, South Island- Central Otago, Alexandra. It's winter at home right now, so I've decided to escape and come to the sun and fun of the Ottawa river. I arrived at the camp at 11:30 pm on Monday, after an epic travel journey of canceled United flights. I came with my friend Archie and my brother Max. This is my second time at Keeners, and I hope to get even better at kayaking !
I'm excited for what I am already doing- kayaking every day for 6 hours! I'm also really excited to be coached by Tyler Curtis, who is one of the best kayakers ever- and he lives right next door to keeners. They even made us run to his driveway the other day.
It is so awesome paddling on the Ottawa because it is so warm. That is because the water warms up in shallow lakes above the rapids, so by the time it gets to us it is warm enough to just wear a t-shirt. My goal for the whole trip is to get a bow stall.
Today I won a bet against Joel, who didn't think I would be able to eat 2 hamburgers. I ate 3. He had to do 50 pushups. It was awesome.
I'm excited for the bacon tomorrow, and i've got some butterflies going on because tomorrow is big water beatdown thursday. Tune in later for more awesome posts from Otis- every wednesday!!
Otis.. you have inspired Xander.. he's going to go for 16 weetbix in the morning. X
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