Clouds loomed above and rain fell lightly from the sky until a little after six in the morning. Part of me was a tad nervous to spend the day on the river with rain and chill in the forecast, but it ended up being a perfect day with the sun out and the rain made its exit. 

Although we didn't come home with any medals, it was a heap of fun and it is one more thing to add to the 'been there, done that' list. We also were not one of three boats to capsize and followed by the police boat which attempted to haul about 10 too many stranded boaters to shore and nearly became a statistic of sinking. It was a long day, but not without a little suspense, dragon-ing and all round oar-someness!!!