Knights of Columbus Canoe Trip

written by James Rector

On Friday, August 6^th a group from Sacred Heart took some of the altar servers for a weekend canoe trip on the Upper Iowa River located in North East Iowa.  In all there were 27 people on the trip.  We camped Friday night.  Saturday morning the bus showed up at around 9:00 a.m. to shuttle us 15 miles upriver.  The float took around five hours and took us through some of the most majestic  land in the country.  The river was lined by limestone walls that reached up to 150 feet in the air.  Many times we would look up to see  bald eagles soaring above us.   For lunch on Saturday we stopped along the river and kids gathered firewood and we roasted hotdogs on a sand bar.   Saturday night after we got off the river, everybody hurried around and we attended Mass in Decorah.  The biggest joy of the whole trip was watching the kids bond.   When we were at camp they were throwing footballs around and playing soccer during the day and at night they played flashlight tag and hide and seek.  There was a lot of good conversation around the campfire also.  I am already looking forward to going again next year.