Tip a Canoe

We met up with some friends to go canoeing/kayaking this week.  It took us awhile to figure out the best way to distribute our family in boats.  Finally we settled on Katie & Gabby in one canoe, Nate & I in another, Justin in a kayak, and Ellie picking either canoe.  She opted to ride with the girls.

I thought the girls were just being silly as they zigged and zagged across the river, but it turned out that the canoeing badge work from a couple of years ago in still water didn’t translate over so well to a moving river!  They ended up tipping over.  Justin, who had stayed in the back to over watch everyone and the two behind me, made it to them first.  They pulled Ellie out, who Katie had grabbed from her landing spot under the canoe.

The older girls and two dads maneuvered the canoe upside down over the two kayaks to drain.  They were able to flip it and get Katie and Gabby back in.  Ellie, who had been pulled into a two person kayak, with her friend and her friend’s dad(so much for the ‘we’ll all be socially distanced in our own boats.’  She decided she liked it there, so that’s where she stayed.

At the first big pull off, we switched, putting Nate in the back to steer with Katie and Gabby joined me.  That worked better!

Keeping Watch

Our gals

My buddy for the first section

Our stow away