Broken Ice - Rose Menominee

New things scare me. New people especially. Meeting someone for the first time has always freaked me out. What should I say? Am I talking too much? Am I not talking enough? It makes me nervous just thinking about. It's like standing on thin ice that's ready to crack; if you can make it to shore your safe but if you step in the wrong place you'll fall through. For the first few days the silence drags on and I try and fill it with nervous chit chat. But once you start kayaking, eating, living and spending almost all your time with someone it's pretty hard to stay strangers. You start to learn things about them like what makes them laugh and what they find interesting. Conversations flow easier and the silence is companionable. We have know each other for 76 hours so far and already we feel comfortable enough make jokes and laugh and see how many people we can squish onto a rock. At keeners not only our kayaking skills improve, our communication and social skills develop as well. Our teamwork and problem solving is tested daily, and our leadership skills are sharpened. It's amazing how far we've come in just 76 hours I can't wait to see what we can all accomplish in the weeks to come!