A Kayak Picnic

Sunday was a beautiful day! It was a perfect opportunity to get the kayaks out on the water. Steve found a way to rig them up so that the kids could ride along with us comfortably. He attached little seat cushions and back rests for both of them. We started off on our way and before we got too far from home we had our first gator sighting. It's a bit nerve wracking to see a gator when all you have between you and it is your dinky plastic boat. Ali wanted to say hi to it so she started yelling "Gator! Gator!" until he disappeared under water. I kept telling myself that age-old lie.. He's more scared of us than we are of him!!We continued on up stream and found a shady spot to eat some lunch in our boats. The girls had fun spotting turtles and birds and we picked up some trash along the way too. It was a great little outing and just reminds us of how much we love our river!