Planning with Rachael

We had our second meeting focused on smoothing out the details of the upcoming trip with Rachael on September 22nd.  This was a very successful meeting as she has helped us to sort out many of the pieces of the trip of which we were unsure.  She is an outdoor recreation major and has taken many classes that give her information on and access to the types of equipment that we will be needing.  She suggested that we take five canoes, and we agreed, as this would allow each person to be paddling the entire time and not have to sit in the middle of any canoe.  This would also give us more space for any supplies we may need while canoeing.  The other supplies will be dropped off at a point were we will plan to spend the night ahead of time.  This will prevent them from possibly getting wet and will prevent us from having to carry them, but will mean that we have to make to it to the designated spot in one day of canoeing.  The canoes we will use will be rented by her for us as she has contact with that organization and the necessary credentials.  She also informed us that we will be needing one car to meet us at the end of the trip, and that the driver of that car will have to have taken a defensive driver course to be allowed to drive for UNH.  This works out well for us, though, as Steve has already taken the proper course, and has volunteered his car.  We also decided on another date to meet with Rachael, on which she will bring the forms that we need to sign in order to use the rented equipment and to participate in the trip.  She is also going to a tentative packing list for us and a list of suggested foods.