Tippecanoe and Tyler Too...
Well, I had the inaugural cruise in the canoe I bought. The Lunatic Artist and I took it to the James River and got into the water with it, then paddled and used the trolling motor to go a little less than a mile upstream to a bridge. I tossed out the anchor and moored us beneath the bridge in the shade where we had breakfast (strawberries, pineapple and melon) and watched a great blue heron and some geese. During our rest I found an old pony shoe lying by a rock, and it's now going to decorate one of our walls.

We then leisurely paddled our way back downstream to the launch point, loaded it back onto the car and drove home. We unloaded it from the car, then took a shower with a beer in hand. (Few things are as wonderfully decadent as a cold beer in a warm shower.)

I can't think of a better way to spend a morning...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 20 Jul 2008, 17:11, Reply)