Beautiful thistle and yellow wildflowers along the road.
Lips just a little blue after 3 hrs in the water. I drove out to Rockhall, MD the other day. Rockhall is where my family bought our boat, Feather, when I was a kid, before we went sailing for a year, so it has a special place in my heart. I also like to think that I'm starting my journey in the same place my parents started theirs 25 years ago.
I spent several hours with Jim of Chester River Kayak Adventures, who taught me how to assist someone to get back inside their kayak after they tip it, and also how to get back inside my own kayak after I tip it. He said in 20 years of teaching, I was the most adept at crawling back inside my kayak. I attribute that to my uber-flexibility and therefore, my ability to stay super low on the kayak while I'm maneuvering back inside. It's a good thing I'm good at it though, because he also said that in 20 years of teaching I was the first female to tip her kayak by accident! Hopefully I've learned my lesson about how sensitive kayaks are to weight changes, and I won't ever have to use the skills I learned. But in case I do, I'm ready!
I spent several hours with Jim of Chester River Kayak Adventures, who taught me how to assist someone to get back inside their kayak after they tip it, and also how to get back inside my own kayak after I tip it. He said in 20 years of teaching, I was the most adept at crawling back inside my kayak. I attribute that to my uber-flexibility and therefore, my ability to stay super low on the kayak while I'm maneuvering back inside. It's a good thing I'm good at it though, because he also said that in 20 years of teaching I was the first female to tip her kayak by accident! Hopefully I've learned my lesson about how sensitive kayaks are to weight changes, and I won't ever have to use the skills I learned. But in case I do, I'm ready!
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