During my first semester of college, I got to canoe down the Olentangy River with some of my friends from the Biological Sciences Scholars program and from the Outdoor Adventure Center — a place that has become a second home to me at Ohio State. However, this trip was very different from rock climbing and hiking that I usually associate with the Outdoor Adventure Center. This was actually my first time seeing downtown Columbus and it was an extremely unique way to see it. Coming from New York City, I felt at home seeing the urban landscape. It was a familiar, yet foreign experience (mainly because I have never canoed down the Hudson River). I am excited to continue to explore this new city for the next three-and-a-half years.