Check out my awesome paddler!
For the past two years, Gavin has refused to get anywhere near a boat. Then this spring he learned to swim, and now we can't keep him away from the water! Gavin pesters his dad every afternoon until the boats come out, then he happily paddles up and down the river for hours.
For a while, Lucy the "Kayak Queen" floated alongside the boys in their canoe, until Gavin thought her boat looked like fun and decided to give it a try. Now we have a complete set of kayak royalty (though Gavin opted against wearing a crown). He now drives his own boat independently and I have to say, he's pretty good. Lucy's arms are now long enough to paddle the big kayak so we just launch the two of them and watch them go.
(A picture to prove that I am here, too, holding down the beach.)
I'm getting used to the new river configuration. It's a bit deeper than before the hurricane, glassy and with barely a current so the kids can boat and swim like it's a lake. The river splits over a shallow area where the water moves more swiftly over the rocks and makes a beautiful rushing river noise. We didn't have that before. We can easily walk through the shallower water to an island covered with perfect skipping rocks. Little silver linings from Hurricane Irene.
