Labor Day weekend we went kayaking! It is something we had been talking about doing for a while. Our friends went the weekend before, but I wasn't sure I would be up to it one week after my surgery. So after hubby rolled his ankle (for the second time) on our 5 mile hike in the woods, I was thinking this was the perfect activity that didn't require too much footwork.
Hubby owns his own kayak having done all sorts of outdoor activities growing up that I had never done. He's a boyscout. I had been in his kayak last summer on the lake when we went camping and got the hang of it really quickly. This was my first actual kayaking trip and we were going upriver... in current... I was a little apprehensive. When we got down to the dock there was this really cool docking station for getting in and out with your kayak. We found out from some guys on the river there is another one upstream a ways. For the most part the river was pretty calm. It was a constant workout but nothing too rough. There were only a couple areas where I really had to work it. We didn't make it to our original goal of going up to the nature center, taking a break and then going back downriver. We did go 2 miles upriver and then I had to cede to the river. I just couldn't paddle anymore. We then got to enjoy the easy float back downriver the same 2 miles. I'm an advocate of downriver! We saw a good amount of dragonflies on the river and for a good part had one taking turns riding on the front of our kayaks. We joked he was our mascot for the day. We both came away with a couple of blisters and decided we need to get some fingerless gloves so we can do this more often. I really want to get a kayak of my own, and my brother-in-law might sell us his. Blister is better, still have a few bruises, but love being out on the water!
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Holly Crews
The mother of five angel babies, and one rainbow baby. I have had four miscarriages, an SCH (sub chorionic hemorrhage), pProm (pre-term premature rupture of membranes), and a pre-term still birth. Archives
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