Hello from the Ottawa River: Mating in the Wild and Other Diversions您好！从渥太华河：交配中的野生和其他改道

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On July 23 and 24 my friend Leslie and I went on a weekend adventure: a learn-how-to-kayak weekend on the Ottawa River. 7月23日和24日我的朋友莱斯利和我去上一个周末冒险：一个学习如何与人皮艇上周末的渥太华河。 We had a great time, combining sports and relaxation on a weekend away from the city.我们度过了美好的时光，结合运动和放松的周末远离城市。

As you know, wherever I am, I keep my eyes open for interesting travel-related story ideas, and one story idea decidedly hit me right in the face when we started socializing with the other weekend vacationers.如你所知，我的地方，我让我的眼睛睁得大大的有趣的旅行有关的故事的想法，一个故事的想法果断地打我的权利时所面临的社会，我们开始与其他周末度假者。 There was a group of 36 people who had all come on a bus from Toronto to go rafting for the weekend, and the trip was organized by a company called Meet Market Adventures.有一组36人谁都来了一辆公共汽车从多伦多去漂流的周末，行程是由一家名为适应市场冒险。

Their website says that Meet Market Adventures promotes singles travel in Canada & the United States for busy singles seeking adventurous singles travel vacations in Canada & the United States.他们的网站上说，适应市场促进单打冒险旅行在加拿大和美国为繁忙的单打单打寻求冒险旅行度假在加拿大和美国。 Apparently you can choose from over 30 adventures for every interest in any month and enjoy the great outdoors with hiking, biking, sky diving, skiing and lots of other activities.显然，您可以选择来自30多个冒险的每利益在任何一个月，享受与伟大的户外远足，骑自行车，天空潜水，滑雪和大量的其他活动。

At breakfast on Saturday morning we got to know a few people from the group and they told us that this singles travel company organizes everything from after-work get-togethers in local bars to one or two-day weekend getaways, to week-long cruises and other outings.早饭时，星期六上午，我们要知道有不少人从组和他们告诉我们，这单打旅游公司组织后，一切从工作联欢会在当地酒吧的一个或为期两天的周末度假，到为期一周的考察和其他郊游。

Well, I am solidly married woman, so I am not personally concerned about finding a mate, but I have lots of single female friends who are experiencing varying degrees of frustration with the dating world and have tried everything from online dating sites like Lava Life, to speed dating services, to more personalized match-making services, with decidedly mixed success.好吧，我很扎实已婚妇女，所以我不能亲自关心找到一个队友，但我有很多的单身女性朋友们谁遇到了不同程度的挫折与世界约会，并千方百计从网上约会网站，如熔岩生活，速度约会服务，以更加个性化匹配的决策服务，坚决成败参半。

During the past weekend the hobby behavioural scientist in me made an appearance and I tried to study the dynamics of this group as much as possible.在过去的周末，行为科学家的爱好，我做了外观和我想学习的动力这一组尽可能。 Friday night was a very rowdy night on the campground and I can only conclude that this group (probably the largest group on the campground) as well as some other smaller groups took advantage of a weekend away from home and really let loose.星期五晚上是一个非常吵闹的夜晚露营，我只能得出这样的结论，这一组（可能是最大的群体的露营地） ，以及其他一些较小的群体，利用周末远离家乡，真正让松散。 There was lots of hollering, loud music, obviously plenty of drinking, and from the sounds of it, people had a pretty entertaining time.有很多hollering ，嘈杂的音乐，显然足够的饮用水，并从它的声音，人很有趣的时间。

Saturday was the first day of rafting for these groups and since we went kayaking instead of rafting, we didn't have any interactions with the singles group during the day.今天是第一天的漂流为这些团体和，因为我们去划独木舟不是漂流，我们没有任何的互动与单打组在白天进行。 In the evening we headed down to a dock by the river front and bumped into 6 members of the group: 4 males and 2 females who were chatting in a very orderly way and taking in the sunset.晚上，我们领导到码头的河流前，遇到了第6小组成员： 4男2女谁聊天中一个非常有秩序的方式，并考虑在日落。 Everybody was very friendly and the ladies including us said goodbye after about half an hour to head back to the campgrounds.每个人都非常友好和各位嘉宾，包括我们说了再见后约半小时，以头回到营地。

We had a nice chat with one of the ladies from the singles travel group who said that she has participated in several major adventure events organized by Meet Market Adventures and she quite enjoyed them, although her dating results to date have been mixed.我们进行了愉快交谈的一个女士从旅行组单打谁说，她参加了几个主要的冒险组织的活动适应市场冒险，她很喜欢他们，虽然她的测年结果迄今有好有坏。

Once back at the campground we briefly joined our white water kayaking colleagues at the campfire on the top campground, designated for "quiet campers".一旦回到营地，我们简要地加入我们的白色水皮艇同事在篝火上方露营，指定为“安静的营” 。 Here totally opposite dynamics were at play: these were 2 couples who had been together for 5 and 8 years respectively, and one of the couples just recently found out that they are expecting a baby.在此完全相反的变化上发挥作用：这是第2夫妻谁已经在一起5日和8年分别与一名夫妇最近刚发现，他们期待一个婴儿。 Definitely no mating help needed here...肯定没有交配这里需要帮助...

After about 10 pm we joined Krista's "poise" performance on the middle campground which was the home base of the Meet Market travel group.经过约十时，我们加入克里斯塔的“镇静”的表现中露营这是大本营的适应市场的旅行组。 Krista delivered 4 performances of poise, a martial art used by the Maori people that involves two wires with a wick at the end that is set on fire.克里斯塔交付第4性能的平衡，一个武术所用的毛利人，涉及两条电线的芯结束时即放火焚烧。 It was an awesome performance, and the guys in particular seemed to enjoy it since Krista is not only talented, she's also a very cute-looking young woman.这是一个可怕的性能，和球员似乎特别喜欢它，因为克里斯塔不仅是才华，她也是一个非常可爱的前瞻性年轻女子。

As the evening went on, one of the single travellers declared himself the "leader of the tribe" and proceeded to play the bongo drums that had accompanied Krista's performance earlier.由于晚上的流逝，一个单一的旅客宣布自己的“领袖部落” ，并着手发挥邦戈鼓了伴随克里斯塔的表现较早。 He certainly had an interesting concept of rhytthm and style.他肯定了一个有趣的概念rhytthm和作风。 He also delivered a graceful dance around the campfire in a towel and for some reason kept referring to my friend Leslie and me either as "the kayak girls" or "the sacrificial virgins" (yeah right..), but overall the tribal leader turned out to be a lot less obnoxious than he initially seemed to be.他还发表了优美的舞蹈在篝火的毛巾和出于某种原因一直提到我的朋友莱斯利和我无论是作为“的皮艇女孩”或“牺牲处女” （是的权利.. ） ，但总体而言，部落领袖拒绝是个可憎少很多比他起初似乎是。 I was wondering who was actually going to get voted off the campground by the end of the night....;)我想知道谁是真正要得到投了露营年底的夜晚....;)

My friend and I had a great time socializing with a few people from this group, jokes were flying the whole evening, we even went down to the 3rd campground level (designated specifically for noisy campers...) where the local residents had the biggest bonfire on the go that you can imagine.我的朋友，我度过了美好的时光与社交少数人从这一组的笑话飞行的整个晚上，我们甚至下降到了第3次露营水平（指定专为嘈杂的露营... ）在当地居民最大的篝火在旅途中，您可以想像的。 It was one of those evenings where you just feel giddy and laugh your head off, both Leslie and I unaided by alcohol since neither one of us actually drinks.这是其中的一个夜晚，您觉得晕眩和你的脑袋笑了，无论莱斯利，我无助，因为酒精既不是我们真正的饮料。 Mind-altering drugs weren't necessary, since this was an evening of pure unadulterated, spontaneous and harmless fun.思维改变药物是没有必要的，因为这是一个晚上的纯纯正的，自发的和无害的乐趣。

Overall the single travellers seemed to have a great time.总体来说，单一的旅客似乎有很大的时间。 There definitely seemed to be more group socializing going on than individual mating attempts, and overall it seemed to be a pretty respectable way of connecting with other like-minded human beings, male or female for that matter.有一定似乎更社交组进行交配不是个别的企图，总体看来是一个非常受人尊敬的连接方式与其他志同道合的人，男性或女性的这一问题。

Leslie and I headed to bed at around 1 am, but many in the crowd were still going strong.莱斯利和我上床领导在凌晨1点左右，但许多人在人群中仍然强劲。 The next morning the group had another day of rafting scheduled and some people had been on the go until 6 am, when the cows made their wake-up calls and daily inspection and paddie-dropping run through the campgrounds.第二天早上，该组另一天的漂流计划，有些人已经在何处，直到上午6时，当牛使他们唤醒要求和日常检查和paddie坠贯穿露营。 There were a few bed-heads and red eyes in the crowd and I didn't envy these folks for having to go rafting on whitewater for the whole day after a night of hearty partying.有一些床元首和红色的眼睛在人群中，我不羡慕这些人不得不去的激流泛舟为一整天后，晚上衷心的聚会。

The crowd returned at about 2 pm, and there were even more tired faces in the group.返回的人群约下午二时，有更累面临群组中。 They were safely packed into their bus, ready to go home to Toronto, until next time.他们安全地装入他们的巴士，准备回家多伦多，直到下一次。 All I can say is that an adventure outing for a group of single adventure travellers seems like a pretty decent alternative for people who want to make friends with shared interests.所有我能说的就是一种冒险比赛的一组单一的冒险旅行似乎是一个很体面的人选择谁想要的朋友共同的利益。 Whether it is a good mating venue only time will tell...无论是一个很好的交配地点只有时间才能告诉我们...

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"Life is a Journey Explore New Horizons". “生命就是一次旅程探索新地平线” 。

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