We went kayaking on Bass Lake, just outside Yosemite, Beloved and I, during our weekend vacation. Well, my weekend vacay, as we’re here until Thursday while I work starting Monday. She’s still enjoying the benefits of our 2008 agreement … I work, she raises the kids. The Boy graduated high school in 2015, and she’s … Continue reading The wake is incessant and kind of annoying.
Beloved and I took a kayaking safety class - how to deal with tipping over, salvaging your kayak, helping someone else in, getting in by yourself, etc. Held in Redondo Beach harbor, I was amazed at the clarity of the water. I was comforted by the reviewer of the REI class who said the instructor … Continue reading I used muscles I haven’t used in decades. If ever.
Miracles will never cease, as we’re not divorced. Oh, my god. I’d sworn never, ever to share a kayak with Beloved again, but along comes the opportunity on the River Thames. But only, ONLY in a double. Who can resist? No, seriously, I can do this! For a mere £65 each we were taken on … Continue reading Well, we’re still married. And we shared a double kayak.
It was a little nerve wracking what with our somewhat lacking heights (me, 5’4” and she, 5’3”). We have to tote stepladders in the SUV and still it’s a hellava stretch. We’re discovering ways to get the 39lb sit-ins loaded, like putting it on upside down and flipping it in. “Damn,” said Beloved. “That’s so … Continue reading We took our new kayaks out for the first time… no, not with the dog.
Unfortunately, she did this just as I rounded the corner and catapulted away from me as we collided. Skidding, she regained her balance, shot under the table, grabbed something in her mouth and galloped to her bed in the corner. What the hell? So when I give her a “peanut butter ball-y” (a Kong filled … Continue reading The dog sprinted out of the kitchen like a marine under fire: furtive, low to the ground and moving at high speed.
The lagoon was quite pretty from the exterior. It was what lurked below that was... well... So we reserved a “GLASS BOTTOMED KAYAK” in a lagoon in Princess Cays, The Bahamas. How can that not be awesome, right? The description on the website for this excursion reads: “From this unique perspective you can see the … Continue reading I Couldn’t Find Nemo Either…
We got caught in a cowjam. It’s quite common, as our tour guide explained, and delighted me, because as a kid in England I would help herd cows from one field to the other. Really, the cows don’t need herding, they know full well where they’re going. Having a human along is more to … Continue reading Kayaking in the Azores
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