Getting Out There

I like kayaking because there are several different purposes 'gettting out there' and paddling can fulfill. You may want to just get out on a lake and relax and pray, and kayaking can fulfill that need. Or you may want to have a good upper body workout. You can paddle miles and get in good shape. You may enjoy birding and seeing wildlife, and paddling can you get you much closer to wildlife than observing on land. So far this year I have seen box and snapping turtles, water mocassins, timber rattlesnakes (yes, rattlesnakes can swim), muskrats, a doe and her fawn, herons, ducks, swans, doves, bluebirds, bald eagles, western meadowlarks, sea-gull kind of birds (I don't know what they are called), huge carp relaxing in the shallows, bass jumping, coyotes, and sea dragons. OK, just kidding about the sea dragons.