Canoe Race

Last night I dreamt that my immediate family, meaning only my parents and siblings went to a big lake to do a family canoe race. It was one of those things were it was all set up and you payed a flat payment to do the races. There was a starting line with a ranch style thing that rose out of the water like what used to be at my parents house over the starting line with a big sign that read START. Off in the distance were little white balls where you turned around and canoed back for the win. We were all pretty excited. There were 4 canoes and everybody had a partner, a person to sit in the back and paddle hard and a person to sit in front and do the steering, just like girls camp. I found out that Kira was to be my partner. I was happy about that and was sure we were going to win. Kira was strong and both of us hated to lose. Kira wins everything, I was sure we would win. Dad and Mom were paired up, Connie and Michaela, and Tibi with Landon. I wasn't really worried about mom and dad, they'd be too slow. I wasn't worried about the babies either, they seemed kind of out of the loop and apathetic. Connie and Michaela were the biggest threats. Kira was late to the whole race, figures...and when she finally showed up I was sitting in the back of the canoe. I'm way strong but Kira's probably just as strong so I told her "well the heavier person is supposed to be the back person". She gave kind of a Lorie face smirk and so I was the steering person in the front. There was an instructor person of course giving us the rules and running the whole thing. The thing was, is there were dangerous animals and stuff in the lake. There were sharks and big fish and we just tried to not be in the water very long. The instructor told us to watch our heads and be on the lookout for big birds who would swoop down and peck at our heads and stuff. Apparently the lake was a hot spot for hunting and feeding and stuff and food was scarce elsewhere. Great. Seriously. Luckily our heads were not mistaken for food but I did see a shark under the water. The race started and all I know is that we were in the lead. We passed the little white balls and were making a good turn heading back when Connie and Michaela were starting to make their turn, the others still on their way to the white balls....who will come away with the win? We will never know, because that's just when I woke up. Kira and I were so going to win the race, so I'm pretty sure we can just assume us winners. The whole thing was very Swiss Family Robinson. Very cool.