When in relations with why I wanted to cover the Mackenzie river, it was solely because a friend sharing the same name as this river. However, there are other aspects that made me want to go over it, and it is because I find it to be very beautiful, grand, and quite interesting to be learned about. My relationship with water is a story on its own, more so drinking water. When I was a lot younger, I barely knew the significance of water and only saw it as something my mom would force me to drink. I used to primarily drink many sugary beverages, such as mango juice, slushies, chocolate milk, milkshakes, and soda. These options are clearly all unhealthy and lack the nutrition and importance water did, however, I had thought that water had a boring flavour and refused to drink a lot every day.

As time went on, I realized many complications that occurred from not drinking water. I experienced fainting, vomiting, exhaustion, headaches, tummy aches, bladder pain, and many others. There was a point in time where I finally took notice of my health and worried about many complications, so I began to drink water more often. I never realized how refreshing water was and how that refreshing feeling outweighed other beverages.

Drinking water has helped me gain more energy, recover from panic attacks, helped improve my health when I was sick, helped me cool down, and many other outstanding things. I have grown to realize how amazing water truly was! Not just for taking bubble baths or swimming in pools, but for drinking and improving health. And now, water is my favourite beverage. There isn’t anything else like it