Canoeing

This is my precious memory in Minnesota last year. I'll introduce about it.
We went to the St. Croix River to go through canoe with some host families. I have ridden a canoe in Japan when I was an elementary schoolchild, so I was looking forward to riding a canoe. I rode a canoe with my friend and his host father.
We had to wear to life jacket while we were riding a canoe and swimming in the river. I couldn't row a canoe well at first, but I was used to rowing a canoe as time went by. The river's stream was very calm and we could see beautiful view of forest.
We landed at sandy soil on the way, and we swam in the river. Life jacket was an obstacle to swim. We jumped off the criff into the river. It was very interesting. We could enjoy swimming.
After swimming in the river, we ate lunch at sandy soil. My host mother made me two sandwiches. Its were very delicious. After lunch, a canoe trip resumed. Yuki rowed a canoe, and I took a rest. I rented a water gun from classmate. I shot some classmates, and they counterd to us. I had a fun.
It was very long canoe trip, so I was little tired. I brought a fishing rod, but I couldn't fish any fish. After canoe trip, we went to Roseville Central Park. We had to do skit from 6 p.m, but we reached at the park at 4 p.m, so I played card game ( Daifugo ) with Yuki, his host father and classmate. His host father's name is John, he was very good at speaking Japanese and he likes Japanese comic books and animations. He is interested in Japanese culture and custom. He studies Japanese by reading comic books and watching animations. I was surprised to hear his stories, I recommended him to read ONE PIECE and NARUTO, and I explained him these are my favorite comics.
After dinner, our group did skit first, but I said only " Here is your important paper ". Our group story was... A queen demand important paper, so her followers bring some important papers, newspaper, notebook and money. But these aren't important paper what queen demand. Finally, she gets her important paper. This is a toilet paper. She want to go to a rest room.
It was very interesting and excitinga experience. I want to go back to Minnesota in the future. ( 420 words )