Canoeing!

Monday, my DH and I went canoeing. We went to Ding's Dock in Waupaca, where you can rent a canoe and go on a 3 hour canoe trip. (A three hour cruise! Watch out for desert islands!)

First, they take you to the start on a pantoon boat, with your canoe.

The weather was perfect -- not too hot, not to cold, no wind.

The majority of the route was smooth water. Some places were shallow enough that we hit rocks on the bottom. When we got stuck, my gallant DH would get out and walk the canoe through to deeper water.






































Here is a little water lily. We see them on the Trestle Trail in Menasha, too. I had never seen them in the wild before this year.

Here is a sign, telling us we are on the right route.
































At one point, we encountered a family of five in three canoes who had left before us, but had trouble getting through the rapids and more rocky areas, so we ended up passing them. Being in only one canoe made it less complicated for us, but it was a little hazardous having that many canoes in a small and rocky area. I hope the parents try this again by themselves once the kids have grown up and I hope the kids appreciate the parents doing this kind of thing with them.

At the end, there is a phone with a direct line to Ding's Dock. Just call, and they come an bring you back to your car. By the time the pickup van came, the family we'd passed had reached the end, so we all rode back together. My DH and I are already planning on doing this again next year.