Wow! I can't believe it's been 2 1/2 months since I posted anything! Somebody say something! It's hard to remember when and what I've posted when I also have a facebook page. Do you want to be my facebook friend? Invite me! My husband can't keep any of these things straight so he calls it Spacebook. Our family canoe trips have been resurrected. 15 years ago we did the trip on the Maquoqeta River and at times there would be 35 canoes. This year there were only 11 canoes afloat. The picture is from August 15 - a family canoe trip on the Upper Iowa River. We came upon a small pool that was fed by a cold stream. It was 35 degrees in that thing! As the canoe got closer to it my feet could feel the frigid water on the bottom of the canoe. Most everyone took turns getting in the cold water - just for the fun of it. Why not?? We were all pretty silly that day. Rick and I dumped our canoe once - and I lay the blame totally on him. We started going underneath a tree branch that was laying out across the river and I leaned way back. i.e. Rick didn't and the canoe went sideways in the rapids until it went over and soaked us, all our stuff and the 2 little girls, Lucy and Daisy. We didn't lose anything like others did that also dumped their canoes. Kyle and Jessica lost a cooler (which I'm pretty sure was empty at that point). Casie and Brecke dumped their canoe and Brecke lost her purse (on a canoe?) and her diabetic paraphernalia. They replaced her meds at Walmart that night so all is well. It was a great trip and I hope we can do it again next year!
