In the beginning, there was the bicycle, and we loved it. Karen and I toured together on several trips for a total of several thousand miles. Eventually, circumstances changed, as did our priorities, and our bike riding came to a near standstill. We’ve recently started doing some short rides locally a couple of times a week.
A couple of years ago I bought a handheld GPS, mainly for assurance that we could always find our way back to the trailhead by following the GPS track. But after I hunted down a couple of geocaches on one of our vacations, I became hooked on a new activity. Karen and I have been exploring many of the trails in the local regional parks (home to lots of geocaches), and we love the hiking and outdoors. I even enjoy the challenge of finding urban geocaches, although Karen does not.
Now I expect we’re on the verge of getting hooked on a new outdoor activity. Last Saturday we took kayak lessons at the lake, and loved it. They taught the basics of strokes, manuevering, and recovery. Yes, we did have to tip over and then help each other right the kayak and then climb back in. Our next step is to rent a couple of different models to see what we like best. My lesson was in a very nice performance oriented touring kayak, but I found it a bit uncomfortable. Perhaps I just need to get my body acclimated, or maybe a different model will give a better fit. So I’m making a list of all the stuff we need besides the kayaks and the list is getting fairly long. Hmmm…
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