Canoeing

After a bike to the state park, a nice run on the trails, and a bike ride home, it was time for some real exercise.  We took the kids canoeing.  Karen and I took Ashley and the Code in a canoe, while Matt and Bopper were in kayaks.  We paddled upstream, about 2 to 2 1/2 miles (according to the guide at the rental place), to the dam.  It was pretty tough in spots, esp with Ash and Code dragging their paddles in the river--but they were helping!  K was enjoying the free ride.

We stopped at the dam for a break, the kids running a bit and having some Scoobie Snacks.  Then, it was time to head back.  With the current, the paddling was considerably easier--and K decided to join in a bit more.  Matt and Bopp took off.  We made it back in an hour and 45 minutes; the guide was surprised in that about 2 hours or more are allotted for the trip.  I think we were aided by the high water, the river way up from last week's torrents.

I was surprised, with the temps in the 70s, that I was sweating so much.  In fact, this AM, before 7:00, with the temp at 61, my run was punctuated by a solid flow of "schweat."  My tee shirt was sopping wet.

I'm not sore at all, although I thought my shoulders might be.  We'll see about them tomorrow.  My back doesn't hurt, but tightens up a bit if I sit for a while. 

All in all, a fun trip!

BTW, all of you who know of the Huron River, I'll wager you didn't know that, at one time, it flowed westward all the way to its mouth--at Lake Michigan!!!!!!  Later, it cut a new path to the River Raisin before finally cutting yet another channel, its current one, to Lake Erie.