Jan 8, A beautiful day to go kayaking
On Dec 20, 2005 I went sailing. Now granted, it was 80 degrees and sunny in Jamaica, where I was, but it was still pretty neat.
If you believe in my ‘Today is Your Last” mentality, you will not be surprised if I told you that yesterday (Jan 8,2006) I went kayaking. This time, however, it was on the Grand River, here in Michigan.
I woke up Sunday and noticed it was a balmy 40 degrees and windy outside. Having ran 12 miles on Saturday, I was taking the day off from heavy exercise. I decided to put on my wet suit (and some other layers) and go out on the river. There was still ice on the lakes in the area, but the river (which was very high and moving quite fast) was wide open. I was very careful to not fall in and I did not even wear any gloves. After about 2 hours I reached my car and got out, only to be greeted with a nasty wind that chilled me. It didn’t seem that cold when I was on the river, but I might have just ignored it then as I was truly enjoying myself.
I think I have now boated (sailing or kayaking) in every month of the year except February. Lets see how the weather holds, shall we? Gotta love that global warming!