A Day on the River

Emmy made our day today...she called and wanted to go canoeing and kayaking on the Little Miami...six miles...four hours later...thank heavens we were going downstream! We had several high spots and a few low ones too. We took turns with the kayak. Sarah is pretty good...lots of practice at church camp in WI. She thought she was really good until she took a little spill and lost her paddle, the kayak, and her shoes. She was lucky. A family was taking a break on the "sandy beach" and the Dad waded out to help her get the kayak to shore. This was the first swimming hole. Michael watered the trees and kept having to dump the rocks out of his shoes. He thought it was great fun...thumbs up as you can see. I wish I had taken my hand shovel...we saw some ditch lilies that would have looked great in the backyard. We saw a deer walking along the river, several blue heron, a school of gar (ugly fish), some silly high school kids on the rope swing and a family of turtles sunning on an old log.Mark stayed up until 3AM working on figuring out how to put a video in here...so to see Emmy and Michael riding the ripples click on the link under Michael's picture on the right...That is all that he wanted to do...pull over and get out to swim in the water...something I never dreamed that he would enjoy. Who knows, Michael may end up being the only one from the family to be a guide on the New River in WV. He LOVED it! Thanks Emmy!