Kayaking adventure

My advocate and I do alot of Kayaking.  We recently finished Kayaking the Roanoke River.  That river runs through our city, it runs through downtown and is quite beautiful....Roanokes own Riverwalk...

anyhow,  on that float, we came to a place where we a walking bridge crossed the river...There was a dam of sorts with little water holes...When we approached this, we looked at each other...what the fuck??  My advocate, ever the brave soul...decided he would navigate his Kayak through those "water holes" or tunnels that divide the river...

I on the other hand, elected to dock my Kayak and carry it across the dam thingy, then relaunch it....Those little tunnels were so tight, so claustrophobic I knew I would never be able to get through one....I took pics of the advocate coming out of the tunnel...he had to lay flat against his Kayak to clear his head, and when he came out, he had a cramp in his stomach from trying to be a contortionist!                        Also, on this float, we were just floating along, not paddling, just enjoying the warm and the water and I noticed a bald eagle soaring just above us.   I could not get a picture, but we both watched him land in a tree and look at us.                                                                                                                                                                                   Bald eagles are stunning to look at, they are the most majestic of all the flying birds...or rapters...We see all kinds of critters floating a river, snakes, ducks, geese, cranes, turtles, fish, beavers, deer and eagles....I love nature, it feeds my wiccan soul.                                    

The next river we are going to tackle is the James River.  This is a river historic from the civil war and alot bigger and wider...I could barely handle the rapids from the Roanoke River, I am excited and scared to tangle with the James river rapids!  But I will.....and I am so excited to get back on the river....  

                                                                                                                                                                     My alter, Ally, loves Kayaking, she loves the critters and the water, she fronts often during a kayak day...Tessa seems to be bored with kayaking, Lilly don't give a fuck, and I have no ideal how Sophee feels about the water and water crafts...I believe Sammy likes to Kayak too, but I am not sure....                                                                                                                         I cannot take Boomer on the river, not yet.  The rapids would freak him out, and I have flipped my kayak navigating those rapids and I would hate to flip it with Boomer on board.  So lake kayaking is where Boomer is involved...he loves the lake.                                                                                                                                                     I love Virginia, there is so much outdoor adventures, hiking, kayaking, boating, camping...so much land and so much freedom.  in the midwest most of the land is privately owned, and there is just not much in the way of hiking, etc....flat, dry and windy....                                                                                                                                        I am hoping, the weather stays sunny for this weekend (my advocates days off) so we can start the James River...lately it has been raining like crazy because of a tropical depression...hopefully that clears!  However we have Kayaked in the pouring down rain! Soggy soggy soggy...but interesting!