It was such a beautiful Fall day. I took the dogs for a run over at the reservoir. I tried to time it so that I would intersect with Inga's kayaking/canoeing class but I was a little early. Our high school believes in creating "lifetime activities" through gym class. Inga is taking kayaking and Erik is golfing. This is the fourth time Inga has picked kayaking. She loves anything to do with water. She also took scuba diving, fly fishing, rollerblading, self defense, ice skating, and (another favorite) archery. It sure does beat the old days when your only choice was field hockey or basketball. Wait, now I remember there was no choice! As I walked along with the dogs the reservoir was filled with much laughter and giggling and not one kid was on the sidelines because they "forgot" their gym clothes.
I have to add that there maybe another reason the kids don't forget their clothes. As Erik discovered when he left his clothes on the bus in the morning. If you come unprepared to class you still have to participate and you have to make up the class afer school. This has caused much stress for Erik. That rule would have been the kiss of death for me as I relied on the "Oops I forgot my sneakers" excuse pretty often.
While I was walking along enjoying the gym class I came across this giant unfamiliar caterpillar.Caterpillars often crack me up because they sport such scary attire. Like this guy's horn. When I lean down to take their picture they rear up and hiss at me or curl up and show me their threatening eyes. Imagine though, if they were say, 15 feet long! I guess I wouldn't be laughing then.
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A gym class that gets kids to leave the computers and ipods behind for a while is a great thing. The weather is beautiful down here today too. There were sailboats out on the river at lunch. How come I work for the Navy and I'm inside in flourescent lighting? I need that gym class.
I understand Inga's passion for kayaking. I'd never done it until 2 years ago when Verna and Eddie were wintering in Florida and had brought their kayaks. Verna and I went out in the river and I loved it. We only got to go one other time, but they are coming again this winter so I'm hoping. I wish I'd learned kayaking in high school instead of when I was 65.
We rented a tandem kayak when we were at the lake. Erik went fishing in it every day. My sister came with hers and we had a kayak canoe journey across the lake. Much fun! Karl and I went sea kayaking in Bonaire also much fun.
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