"Hey, it's not panic. I'm totally cool in any and all situations," Kate shot back, even though she was grinning as she said it, then got herself situated in the canoe. All without tipping anything over or throwing their things overboard. Having grown up in the middle of Kansas meant she hadn't spent a lot of time in or around water before the island. She could swim well enough, but there was nothing like this anywhere near Overland Park. The scuzzy hot tub at that hotel she and Tara had gone to barely counted.

The canoe was sort of awkward, but she figured that was due to never actually having been in one before this.

"You know those life jackets you mentioned last time..." she muttered, mostly to herself as she positioned the oar in the water as best she could. "I might actually have better luck paddling my way over there."