Fall paddling

  It was a beautiful day out yesterday for paddling.  Lots of fall colors.  Sad thing is that was probably the last paddling outting for the season.  I am not experenced enough, nor do I have the proper cold water clothes.  I have yet to understand why padlle when it is so cold,,,you are so bundled up how can a person even move to paddle??  I just am not a cold weather person,,,, so until spring or we go to Fl, I will have to wait it out.

Decisions!!!

PADDLE or POWER?????
 We took both, but used the power boat. Till my shoulder gets better.  But with the calm water, the temptation to get the kayak out was almost overpowering...but the soreness kept telling me "NO". So I was a good girl and did what my shoulder said, and not what I wanted to do.
  Of  course, it rained on us Sunday, so our little outting was cut short.  Thats twice this year we went camping, and both times it stormed. There is a few pictures below of the camping experence.

Camping at Red Rock

Setting up campsite.  Emily is off hidding in the background, afterwards got a nice campfire going.  Even had smores...

  Pretty sunset,,,,,,

 GOOD MORNING!!!!  Wow, that was a short night. But it had a beautiful display of stars.

Lake Superior, Duluth MN

Our trip to WI and MN, led us to Duluth MN.  There was just a couple people in the water, I stepped in and found out why, BRRRRRR!! 

Hickory Ridge

  Went "primative camping" during the Hickory Ridge dedication.  It was fun, met alot of  great people, got caught in a storm, learned alot about the history and resurrection of Hickory Ridge,  lots of paddling  :) .  The hardest part for me was paddling a loaded kayak, just from whitebreast to Hickory Ridge. Wow, that was a workout, more so than the 5 hours of paddling the next day, in whitecaps. But I am stubburn   (no comment Mark)  and dont give up easiely and overdid it. But it was worth it.  I tried to get a few pictures but between the storm, and waves beating against the kayak, I didn`t get many. (it is hard to take a picture, being tossed around by waves, and trying to keep balance. Although a tip would of been refreshing, I tried my best not to.)

The paddling pictures, I took was in a cove so the waves wasn`t bad here,,,,, wasn`t till we got out in the lake till we hit waves.  Alot of speedboat traffic also.  Some of those powerboats have no consideration for us paddlers,  some of the group was telling me with the color of my kayak. I am just a speed bump to them.     A BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THIS NEW PRIMATIVE HICKORY RIDGE POSSABLE!!!!!!!

More summer time fun!!!

 Another picture of Emily, Nathan, and Amanda having fun tubeing,,,,

Ben and Amanda.  Ben trying to stand up, and Amanda yelling at him,,,,,,         

 I am kinda afraid to say this, cause I never thought it was possible. But I kinda enjoy paddling more than power boating.  Maybe it is because I am not up to water skiing or going on the tube right now. Or maybe it is because I`m getting older, no, thats not it, someday (hopefully next summer, I will be a water skiing grandma,,,)  lol

July 4th 2011

Nathan and Emily helped wash the ambulance before parade.

 Just one of the many beautiful fireworks, by the Pleasantville Fire Dept.   It was a great display, and before the fireworks we enjoyed good company, good time, and good food!!  Couldnt have been better. (except I should of warned our visitors about the "fire bombs".........)    :)