A Kayak A Day... (Or A Canoe)

We went to Cameron Lake yesterday where Teapot's school district owns an outdoor education centre. We decided to take the girls and let them try out the kayak. We spent the afternoon teaching them the rudiments of kayaking and teaching them how to get out of a kayak if they roll it. They both had to roll the kayak and get themselves out without fear or frustration. They did really well and were able to get out no problem.... emptying the kayak was another story..... Teapot had to help dump out the water. After they had their lessons we all decided to go for a paddle down to the other end of the lake.... half way down we passed the campground on the other side of the lake and discovered friends camping there for the weekend... so we stopped for a short visit and then carried on our way. The Daughters were in one canoe and we were in another and the kayak was back at the Ed Centre.... we had a lovely time.... we even trained Jiggs to sit in the canoe without jumping out after beavers and drowning herself. Here are the pictures from our day on the lake.....


Cameron Lake with storm clouds moving in..... but it didn't storm.

Daughters #1 and #2 coming behind us and doing an adequate job of steering...


Daughter #2 looks like she is going to hit Daughter #1 over the head..... hmmmm.
Look at those hard working faces....


Almost there......
Even Tootsie the wonder chicken herder took a sail.....

Jiggs was sitting on the shore after her ride with Teapot and I.... she did really well for a dog that has never even swum before....
While we were loading the canoe onto the truck Daughter #1 took the kayak out for another go around....

I think she really enjoyed the kayak..... we had a hard time getting her to get out and let Daughter #2 have a try....

There she goes......

I thought she did really well... good form and all.....

Daughter #2 stayed back and helped load the canoes and then played with Tootsie while we waited,..... and waited,..... and waited..... for Daughter #1 to come back.... it was almost dark before she came back.

After a long day we were finally loaded up and Tootsie decided to sit on the dashboard to ride home....


We had been out there most of the day and supper consisted of popcorn and chocolate covered raisins because we were having such a lovely time that we didn't want to go home and get supper and shorten our day on the lake. Not the best supper in the world but sometime a silly supper like that is good when you're having fun.

So I think we should forget that old adage, "an apple a day" ..... and say instead.... "a kayak a day".... or "a canoe a day".... It sure made me feel better...