August 6, 2012

This morning we loaded the kayak up, packed a lunch and drove to the Pinery Provincial Park.  We spent the morning paddling down the river, picking lily pads and looking at the fish.  Then we found a picnic table in a secluded area and had lunch.  It was a great day, topped off with slushies from the park store.  It was also the first time we had used our new rack to hold the boat.  What a challenge it was to get it up there...I'm sure it will get easier with time, and we were already finding better techniques when we put it back up there for the drive home.

July 25, 2012

The first ride.  Wes was at our house visiting and the lake was calm so we loaded our new kayak up on the wagon and hauled it down to the beach.  Ava wasn't so sure about it to start, but once we got going she enjoyed herself.  We kayaked in Lake Huron until we came to the river and then paddled along the river for awhile.  The girls thought it was great and they pointed out all the motor boats, jet skis and canoes along the way.

July 21, 2012

After my night shift this morning, I had my mountain bike packed up already to go and left straight from work to meet Jay and Dave for a morning ride around Boler.  It was the perfect temperature, not too hot yet and it was nice to ride with some old friends again.  After my ride I stopped at Mountain Equipment Co-op. Earlier this week we had purchased a tandem kayak, however, they had told us the only orange one was located in Burlington.  We had plans next week to go pick it up.  As I was browsing through the store, I noticed this kayak, the same one we had on hold in Burlington, only blue.  I was perfectly happy with a blue boat, if it meant that I didn't have to drive to Burlington to get it.  So the people from the store helped me load it up on the truck and I brought it home.  It's almost a cross between a canoe and kayak, but it will fit our whole family in it and I am super excited to try it out!!