Canoe
On Sunday Kendrick and I joined Sandy and her friends (Paul, Jade, LiLing, Connie) on a canoeing trip on the river Susa. From 11am to 4:30pm we paddled down the laziest, most peaceful river I've ever encountered. It was like a long skinny lake. The scenery was fantastic and the paddling was fun, mostly because Kendrick and I overcame our zig-zagging ways to become the speediest canoe. For a moment, Kendrick even discovered the perfect J stroke that would keep us perfectly straight. Yay team!!
Let me add as an aside that I think canoeing is a great test for a relationships, be it friends, siblings, fiances, spouses.. anybody! It not easy to learn how to steer a canoe and at the same time it is really easy to spot what the other person is doing wrong. On every canoe trip I've been on, there has always been an arguing canoe, and this trip was no exception.
On one section of the river there were a lot of cows lounging, munching on grass, or standing directly in the river. We could have actually paddled right up to them. For some reason Kendrick and I both felt compelled to pass through very quietly. Maybe it was because the cows were so sedated.. most of them were half asleep.
There were some more lively animals elsewhere on the river, usually behind a fence. Mother ducks with their peeping ducklings. Sheep. Holsteins. Bugs. No mosquitos thank goodness. We also got to peep into the backyards of some really extravagant estates.
We straggled home and went out to find some pho. What we got was not so great and not a lot, but it conquered the craving for something warm and familiar. Anyways, you can't you mess up soup with coriander. It's a winning combination.
Let me add as an aside that I think canoeing is a great test for a relationships, be it friends, siblings, fiances, spouses.. anybody! It not easy to learn how to steer a canoe and at the same time it is really easy to spot what the other person is doing wrong. On every canoe trip I've been on, there has always been an arguing canoe, and this trip was no exception.
On one section of the river there were a lot of cows lounging, munching on grass, or standing directly in the river. We could have actually paddled right up to them. For some reason Kendrick and I both felt compelled to pass through very quietly. Maybe it was because the cows were so sedated.. most of them were half asleep.
There were some more lively animals elsewhere on the river, usually behind a fence. Mother ducks with their peeping ducklings. Sheep. Holsteins. Bugs. No mosquitos thank goodness. We also got to peep into the backyards of some really extravagant estates.
We straggled home and went out to find some pho. What we got was not so great and not a lot, but it conquered the craving for something warm and familiar. Anyways, you can't you mess up soup with coriander. It's a winning combination.
posted by Gina at 3:50 PM
1 Comments:
I see what you mean about aguing on a canoe. It happens to me last canoe trip. But fortunately we are still all friends! :)
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