mumszie
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I’ve been watching all of the kayaks going up and down the river all summer long. It looks fun and not hard to do. I talked to several older women that have them and they love them. They told me that their kayaks fit right in their cars and they are so light that they have no trouble loading and unloading them. Sooooo I’ve been watching for a nice small used kayak that I could try out. Finally I found one. Now looking at it … it just looks like a big Tupperware toy boat.
It is!
I call this picture.... A dry run. LOL
But the kayak does not fit in my car. So I had to take the pickup. Now our pickup is a BIG chevy 2500 and sits pretty high so it was not that easy for me to lift the kayak high enough to get it in the back but I made it.
I got there early and since it was my first time I was hoping no one would be around to see how clumsy I was. I got lucky… no one around. I got the kayak out easy enough much easier that getting it into the truck. Then I had to figure out how to snap the backrest in. I don’t think I got it right because it really didn’t give me any support at all. I managed to get into it and out into the river. ALLLL RIGHTTTT I am paddeling down the river and it’s pretty and quiet. I love it!
Hmmmm not too bad for a first time. But I didn’t remember the current. I wanted to go one way but the current wanted me to go the other. LOL I did several full circles before I got the hang of it. I certainly wasn’t going in a very straight line! I didn’t go very far because without a back rest I got tired real fast. Oh well for a first time I think I did pretty good. So back to the dock and get the kayak loaded so I could get in the water and hunt for a while. I got real lucky here because one of the guys that was cleaning up around there offered to help me lift it back into the truck. As I was doing that another kayaker pulled in and his kayak fit in his car but he had a small suv. I decided to watch him unload and get into the water so I could learn a little. I don’t think he was real experienced either because he seemed to be having trouble getting his stuff together. He even slipped going down the ramp but was able to catch himself before he fell all the way. Now I was beginning to feel better.
Anyway he fumbled around for a while and finally got started and away from the dock. About that time… here comes my daughter. My first thought was something was wrong. Maybe they tried to get a hold of me and I didn’t take my cell phone in the water with me but no… that wasn’t it. They noticed that I had taken the kayak this morning and she told my husband that she was going to take pictures of me in the kayak. She got there too late because I had already loaded it back up. She was disappointed so I agreed to unload it and get back in so she could take pictures. She got a few but she missed the best one. I am moving along just fine and then all of a sudden...
Yep! I dumped over!
I was doing so well too and then all of a sudden…. Over I went. It must have been a sight and she missed it. LOL Well, alls well that ends well. I got out. I got to try the kayak (I need a lot of practice), I met two other MD’ers and got to hunt for a while. My total finds for this morning was 1 quarter and 2 pennies and a lot of fun and few laughs. Not bad.
I call this picture.... A dry run. LOL
But the kayak does not fit in my car. So I had to take the pickup. Now our pickup is a BIG chevy 2500 and sits pretty high so it was not that easy for me to lift the kayak high enough to get it in the back but I made it.
I got there early and since it was my first time I was hoping no one would be around to see how clumsy I was. I got lucky… no one around. I got the kayak out easy enough much easier that getting it into the truck. Then I had to figure out how to snap the backrest in. I don’t think I got it right because it really didn’t give me any support at all. I managed to get into it and out into the river. ALLLL RIGHTTTT I am paddeling down the river and it’s pretty and quiet. I love it!
Hmmmm not too bad for a first time. But I didn’t remember the current. I wanted to go one way but the current wanted me to go the other. LOL I did several full circles before I got the hang of it. I certainly wasn’t going in a very straight line! I didn’t go very far because without a back rest I got tired real fast. Oh well for a first time I think I did pretty good. So back to the dock and get the kayak loaded so I could get in the water and hunt for a while. I got real lucky here because one of the guys that was cleaning up around there offered to help me lift it back into the truck. As I was doing that another kayaker pulled in and his kayak fit in his car but he had a small suv. I decided to watch him unload and get into the water so I could learn a little. I don’t think he was real experienced either because he seemed to be having trouble getting his stuff together. He even slipped going down the ramp but was able to catch himself before he fell all the way. Now I was beginning to feel better.
Anyway he fumbled around for a while and finally got started and away from the dock. About that time… here comes my daughter. My first thought was something was wrong. Maybe they tried to get a hold of me and I didn’t take my cell phone in the water with me but no… that wasn’t it. They noticed that I had taken the kayak this morning and she told my husband that she was going to take pictures of me in the kayak. She got there too late because I had already loaded it back up. She was disappointed so I agreed to unload it and get back in so she could take pictures. She got a few but she missed the best one. I am moving along just fine and then all of a sudden...
Yep! I dumped over!
I was doing so well too and then all of a sudden…. Over I went. It must have been a sight and she missed it. LOL Well, alls well that ends well. I got out. I got to try the kayak (I need a lot of practice), I met two other MD’ers and got to hunt for a while. My total finds for this morning was 1 quarter and 2 pennies and a lot of fun and few laughs. Not bad.
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my first experience in a kayak was crossing the ship channel and let me tell you the boats aimed at you and tried to roll you! I should of paddled around a swimming pool or something first to practice, but no, I had to go all out and go for the gusto. Half way over to the island where I was heading to detect, we hit a thunderstorm, and once we finally got on land we curled up under the kayaks for a good hour while the storm passed. Then we were off detecting, which was the best part being able to get to places with the detector that others have not. I did not look forward to crossing the channel again and the wind was against me. Thank God I did not roll because I probably would of been shark bait. Watch out for gators in the river, I don't know about there but here we run across a few while we are out from time to time. I am terrified of boats. I once was caught in a boat during a storm on a lake while deer hunting(this is a true redneck story) and it turned over, and I drowned and had to be revived on shore we also lost both guns, the boat motor and 8pt and 9pt bucks. So every since I avoid boats, and deep water . But lately I have been conquering those fears, by going snorkling, diving, the kayak, a speed boat, etc. I still don't like it but atleast I am overcoming it. Jet skis don't bother me though, atlest not if I am the one in control...go figure!
