For our 38th wedding
anniversary in May we bought ourselves a tandem kayak! We talked
about getting new bicycles but decided that a kayak might be safer at
our ages. We bought the whole works (kayak, paddles, life jackets,
and car top carrier) with the help of a knowlegable young man at a
sporting goods store in Colorado. We had to go back a few days later
to pick up our kayak because we first had to figure out how to
install the carrier on top the SUV. Then the weather turned stormy
for awhile and we finally were able to launch our kayak on June 8th.
We loaded it up and went to a local lake intown that mostly fishermen
use.
We managed to get launched without too
much trouble and had a nice hour and a half practicing our steering
and paddling. The lake is dissected by I-25 so the underpasses are
waterways where you can pass under to the other half. There is
seaweed growing in many parts of the lake sending long tendrils up to
the surface. I sure did not want to fall in and get tangled up in
that but we never even came close the kayak is very stable at least
in calm water. We saw a turtle sunning itself. There was one other
kayak but he had a trolling motor, he was out for the fish not the
exercise I guess.
The second time out with the kayak was
on June 13th.. Emily, Erin and Maverick were able to join
us and take turns riding in it. Emily's work brought her to Denver so
she drove up to spend a couple days with us and her sister came up
from Loveland to see her. This time we chose the main lake at Lion's
Park because it has a little beach area and a playground that was
perfect for Maverick. He was able to take a ride sitting on the
bottom of the kayak in front of his mom and he did a good job of
sitting still according to grandfather Steve. He splashed around at
the beach with me while Erin and Emily took turns with their dad. It
was a fun day. Next time out we will go 30 miles west of Cheyenne to
the reservoir where Cheyenne gets its wonderful drinking water.
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