Last Saturday, my sons and I were canoeing. I learned many things, sharing a plastayak with my 14 year old.
1) 14 year-olds do not immediately know left from right when approaching an eddy
2) "No, your other right" is probably not a good way of coaching them
3) Going through the eddy backwards is exciting, but not always successful
4) getting dumped on a 90+ degree day is not that bad
a) unless the bag holding your camera and cell phone snag and start to leak
b) and, like an fool, you wore tennis shoes and get a lace caught on a cleat
c) and you hurt yourself bouncing off the kayak
Said son had his revenge walking the boat over to the shallows so I could put a foot down and free the other one. Since Murphy has no pity on a fool, this happened about 50 yards from the take out at the livery.
On the plus side, if this had been filmed, I might have made the YouTube top ten list. On the minus side, 5 days into summer I've either sprained or torn a tendon in my right forearm. My doc said not to grip or lift with that arm until I see the ortho doc next week.
1) 14 year-olds do not immediately know left from right when approaching an eddy
2) "No, your other right" is probably not a good way of coaching them
3) Going through the eddy backwards is exciting, but not always successful
4) getting dumped on a 90+ degree day is not that bad
a) unless the bag holding your camera and cell phone snag and start to leak
b) and, like an fool, you wore tennis shoes and get a lace caught on a cleat
c) and you hurt yourself bouncing off the kayak
Said son had his revenge walking the boat over to the shallows so I could put a foot down and free the other one. Since Murphy has no pity on a fool, this happened about 50 yards from the take out at the livery.
On the plus side, if this had been filmed, I might have made the YouTube top ten list. On the minus side, 5 days into summer I've either sprained or torn a tendon in my right forearm. My doc said not to grip or lift with that arm until I see the ortho doc next week.