Pretty in spite of the lack of water

Yesterday I went with my mother (it was her b-day) and my sister's fam to Cumberland Falls. I hadn't been there in years. We used to go there when I was younger. And I hated it. I never wanted to do anything outdoors. Still don't. But yesterday I was somehow bamboozled into going CANOEING down the river. I was not dressed for the occasion and had to wear a smelly lifejacket. About 2 minutes into it we discovered that the first "rapids" were all but dried up and we ended up having to get out of the boat several times to get ourselves off the rocks. The water was ankle deep for most of the 2 hour trip down the river. And Abi...good grief Abi...she did her best to paddle (she and I were in a boat together since neither of us wanted to get wet...we were told there could be tipping over...HA). We both were ready to be done about 20 minutes into the whole thing.
Anyway, we had fun. And I didn't die. Abi didn't either. And we didn't go over the falls. We probably would have had to get out and push ourselves over.