Kayaking with Water Moccasins?

Isn’t that a great title ?  Actually, it’s true.  People in the South and in the east know that most lakes and rivers have snakes.   Some even have alligators.  We refused to kayak with the alligators even though we were told they wouldn’t bother you.   However, I really didn’t want to prove them wrong so we never went. 

I had to talk to a good number of people before we decided to kayak in a lake with water moccasins.  As it was I never saw a one but Justin did.   I just kept looking for them. 

 Terry in his new kayak.

We had new inflatable kayaks and had been anxious to try them out since we’d only had them in a pool.  Our hard sided kayaks were left in Washington and we wanted to compare the two.  We expected the inflatables to be a little harder to handle and not have much control.  Were we ever pleasantly surprised.  They were fabulous and easy to move on top of that water.  Remember … Advanced Elements Advanced Frame deserve a 5 star rating!

Justin decided it was his turn to try out “Papa’s” Kayak and watch the turtles.

Now he wants to buy one!

The downside of our adventure kayaking was that the kayak we rented for Justin was made for rapids.  All of us can vouch for the fact that those made for rapids don’t do well at all in a calm lake or river.    We kept swapping out and trying the different kayaks we had.   

I didn’t see a snake.  There were no alligators but along with the turtles and geese, there were also lots of water lilies.

Turtles were all over the shoreline.

We had an absolute blast kayaking but that wasn’t all we did that weekend.  We went bowling … again and we also went to see the movie,  Avatar.  We’ve discovered the more we go bowling, the better the scores.  Who would have thought?  Even Justin enjoyed that too.  I think he enjoyed the movie more than I did though.

The weekend was ended by visiting a Navy buddy of Justin’s.  He needed help putting a shed up.  The whole weekend was fabulous.  What great friends he has.  What fun we’re having.   We almost don’t want to leave here.  Why can’t summer be longer? “

I really dislike the camera on my Samsung Note 3.  I think it's awful.  However, my little handheld Sony I take along on outings such as this, died.  Time to get a small one again, I guess.


‘Tis life on the road.
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