quick-picture-loading-study-break

So I really need to be doing some homework now, but thought I would take a break to finally upload the pictures from our first paddle of the season. We went up to Langlade, WI and stayed at the Bearpaw (the resort that got demolished by a tornado last season) The water was at really high levels which kept us rockin and rollin all weekend.

Mark drove Sean and I up in his girlfriend Jamie's Jeep. This pic shows how full a Jeep can get when three people, gear and a kayak are inside. There were TOTALLY not any blind spots...

We got dressed up in our Sunday best (i.e. spandex and neoprene)

We met up with Andrea, Rick, Mary and Andy (Craigers, Jay and wonder-pooch joined us Sunday)

Yes, that IS snow/ice on the ground!

Not once, but Twice we brought Mark's shoes down to the river when he was barefoot, so it was a colder walk for him....haha :)

"It fit LAST season..." (just kidding, the boys had some trouble bustin' into their drysuits/skirts



Workin out the kinks



eddy turn. I was sooo nervous about paddling. I completely convinced myself that I forgot how to paddle. It is something like riding a bicycle in that after so many eddy turns, peel outs and (oops) swamped boats, your body just knows what to do. Your knees subconsciously drop to the hull of the canoe as the current picks up. Your paddle- no matter if it is Bell, Mohawk or Bending Branches, performs the strokes to glide the canoe from one eddy to the next.







Candidates for 'cutest couple ever'?




This photo was taken at the first of several crazy pubs we investigated. This particular one had an eccentric waitress who was called french fries "FF's", brought our food out on paper plates and coincidently, Sean fell in love with. Other Bars included a beer bong hanging on coat rack, an electronic bean bag game, a stump carved into male genitalia on a display table, and a lone bartender (remember this was on a Saturday night) watching Godzilla and graciously turning on the photo hunt machine for us. Ahh...good times had by all.

candidates for cutest ENGAGED couple? They slept in the newlywed's nook of our cozy resort retreat (a 12x12 quaint woodsy room stuffed with seven of us) We slept soundly that night to rest up for round two of section 3 of the Wolf River on Sunday.