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Monday, April 13, 2009

New Hobby

A few weeks ago John decided that he wanted to try something new, kayaking. He has a friend that had a kayak and was talking about it one day and John thought it sounded fun, so his brother, Timothy, came up one day and they went kayak/canoeing on the Cahaba river near our house. Well, John loved it so much that a few days later he talked me into driving down to the Coosa river (near Montgomery, about an hour away) and kayaking with him, Timothy, and their cousin. I had my doubts, but ended up really enjoying it. It was so peaceful out on the water, looking at the trees. We ended up kayaking 7 1/2 miles that day, which took about 3 hours or so, but the time flew by. So, we now have a new hobby. The picture below is of our new kayaks. The blue one is mine that we bought from John's friend (we also bought the two paddles from him) and the green one is John's that we bought at an outdoor store last weekend. John went out again last Saturday with his cousin, but it was a little too cold for me (about 60 or 65 degrees out) so I stayed home. Also, the plans are in the works for a kayak/camping trip for two nights somewhere in Tennessee (I think, I don't know all the details). So, if anyone wants to go out with us, let us know!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This sounds like fun. We have never
been kayaking but some years ago we
did go canoeing in the Buffalo
River in Arkansas. Sure looks like
you have the right equipment.

Mama Joyce