Kayaking

Since moving to Virginia, one of my most favorite activities is Kayaking.   The first time my advocate took me kayaking, I was so nervous and a little bit scared...but I caught on pretty quickly.  Now, I love kayaking.  We have, so far Kayaked the Roanoke river, Carvins Cove and Smith Mountain Lake.  I can't wait till we hit the James river!

Boomer goes Kayaking with us too.  He loves running around the lake and going exploring in the woods...The more he kayaks with me the better he is actually on the kayak.  I love taking him with us.

The other day we kayaked the river.  I saw baby beavers or otters, tons of turtles, geese, ducks, snakes. deer, bunnies...you see so much nature along a river...I love it, and evidently so does Ally.  She presents alot on the kayak, and she is quite good stirring the kayak by herself...she even went on some river rapids, she/we got soaked, but she had a blast.  My advocate keeps a close eye on her, as she is only around 6 yrs old...the other alters really don't care one way or another about Kayaking.   In the beginning,  Lilly was not thrilled with the Kayak,  but my advocate talked with her and even gave her a lesson, in case SHE has to operate the kayak for some reason...

There is nothing more relaxing that floating along a river or floating in a lake....the water rocking the kayak is so soothing...

I also love hiking, and so does Boomer...we go hiking alot, there are so many mountain trails and lake trails...Hiking is also very relaxing and soothing....

And there's nothing like a rain storm, while you are on the lake...but at the same time, its fun to run from showers!!!  even though I end up looking like a wet dog,  haha...