I had always thought of myself as a bit of an athlete and considered myself somewhat fit. I had taken millions of dance classes as a kid and kept it up as a university student and even as a young adult. I used to run cross country and do gymnastics in high school. Of course…

<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> Attempting to reenter an up side down, floating, half water logged kayak was well beyond my capabilities at this point in the game, so instead I just kicked my boat into shore. My Teva sandals were pretty easy to swim in and thankfully did not fall off (not that they could!)….

As I had tossed the soggy sleeping bag into the laundry I brought up the whole clean hands award with Bill. “What is the big deal about cleaning your hands anyways?” Bill asked. Seriously? Did no one get the connection? Probably not, I reflected, because I recalled reading somewhere in a study that they found…