Monterey sea kayaking (birthday!)
May 16, 2009
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I had never been told "Pack up X, Y and Z and be ready to leave on
Friday at 6pm, we're doing something for your birthday", but I was
somehow in that situation. My attempts to squeeze out information
from Melissa in the days prior to this failed - I found out what X,
Y and Z were, but they didn't reveal much - she was much tougher
than I would have been in revealing information. Should I be
nervous, excited, or just relax and try to go along? These are the
types of questions I was asking myself as I just didn't know what to
think! Once in the car, I realized we're going south and had some
good guesses - at that point I started to finally relax. :)
After a great evening in Pacific Grove/Monterey, on Saturday we went
sea kayaking! This is something I always wanted to try and it was
amazing - the water is a totally new medium for me! I was scared of
flipping over and for the first 20 minutes every muscle in my body
was tense, in attempts to keep balanced. In retrospect the best way
to keep balance is to just relax - much like other outdoor
activities, natural reflexes aren't your friend! It was fun to try
something totally new and get humbled. Paddling was hard too!
Thankfully we got a double kayak so the work was shared (meaning, I
could slack off by pretending to take pictures when I was feeling
worked!)
One of the best parts was the wildlife, lots of sea otters (wish I
managed to take a photo of them, sneaky little guys), and lazy sea
lions lounging around. Such a sweet experience!!!
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Hiiiiiii |
I can't stop thinking "careful, we're going to tip over!" |
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Someone is making this boat move, and it's not me! |
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Danger, danger! |
Survived! |
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