Keeners Road Trip by Evan Bate

Typically, in the last Thursday of each session, all of the Keeners will load up into vans and go to a river that is not the Ottawa. This year the coaches decided that we were gonna go to the Gatineau. We loaded boats Wednesday night. Thursday morning started with an early wake up and we went to wilderness tours for breakfast. It was nice to not have to make breakfast for a morning. We picked up our river lunches while there and then continued on to the Gatineau. We did beat downs at the first rapid on the Gatineau. It is known as Lucifer’s. Not everyone has to go through the main hole, but there are still multiple very fun surf spots on this rapid. The rest of the river has a few big water Rapids, but is very beautiful. On the way back we stopped at the gas station and also got poutine. We finished off the night with our normal dinner back at wilderness tours and then karaoke in the thunder dome. While, I would not want to go to the Gatineau every day of Keeners. It was really awesome to be able to experience a new river while here.