Today started the first of several days of student presentations about astrobiology. After the presentations, we headed off the "Rock" to Headwaters Outfitters to canoe the French Broad River. Some of us had immediate success paddling, while others of us enjoyed a long look at the river (that should have been) behind us. Still others got up close and personal with the flora and fauna along the river bank, while others dug/ pushed/ shoved/ got- out- of- the- canoe to get un-stuck from shallow parts of the river. Eventually, we all made it back to solid ground with (almost) all of us in one piece.