My first kayaking on a lake!
Not everything is quilting. Sometimes it is inspiration for quilting! Hubby bought two kayaks for us this summer with a small fund he calls the Horizon fund….some scratch he inherited from his dear and much missed papa, which he is saving to use to expand our sons’ horizons. Sometimes that means a trip to someplace far away, sometimes it is a more local horizon. This time, it was to open the world of exploring nature from on top of the water.
Now, I am SO not a jock, not athletic, and totally un-coordinated. And when presented with something totally alien like paddling a kayak, it can be just a tad intimidating (read that as terrified until I try it). But I had been in a tandem sea kayak once, 12 years ago with Paul, and enjoyed it. So, I was game to try it on my own on a lake (with, blessedly, no strong ocean currents, duh!). This photo is from our very first outing on Lake Megunticook here in Camden. We saw two loons, a whole bunch of turtles, and I managed to paddle for over 90 minutes. We’d paddle a bit, coast a bit, and it was a gas! I snapped this picture of hubby and number two son (number one was at day camp). Guess what my August journal quilt may look like?