The Perfect Day Off

  Kayaking is awesome!!

Where we put the kayaks in

As you can tell by the heading, I went kayaking today! I did a bit of canoeing as a kid with my dad and at summer camp, and I even went sea kayaking in Hawaii (it didn't go well. I got sea sick and lost my lunch in the pacific ocean and got so sun burned I couldn't wear a bra the rest of the trip) but this was my first local kayaking trip. I'm happy to say I didn't get sick or flip over, I only ran into a few rocks and the SPF 85 sunscreen I applied saved me from a sunburn! (except for a big patch on my back I apparently missed) I had a great time! 

An attempt to get a shot of the cascading water

 Luckily my friend has been kayaking for years and knew a good place to bring a newbie such as myself, the Pawtuxet River. We put the kayaks in the water in Hope and paddled up to the Situate Reservoir. At the end of our journey there were large rocks with cascading water, similar to something you would see in NH. I didn't even feel like I was in RI anymore. You can't really make it out in the picture because the lighting was all wrong. But it was beautiful, just take my word for it!

I'd forgotten how much I love the outdoors. It's so quiet and peaceful, and even the ugly parts of nature are somehow beautiful in their own way (except for maybe the bugs). It was the perfect weather too. Mid 70's and sunny with a calm breeze.

At the end of our journey by the cascading water

I didn't dare take my phone out to take pictures while I was in the kayak but we saw a couple cute little ducks quacking away and a swan family. The papa swan warned us far in advance not to mess with his family, swimming at us with his wings raised in a dominant threatening way. I was a little scared, I'm not gonna lie. You don't mess with swans! Down the river a bit the baby swan was watching mama fish for dinner. It was magical! (maybe magical is a little over dramatic, but it was pretty frickin' sweet)

Today was also weigh in day. I lost 2lbs this week, so I'm only 1lb away from being where I was 6 weeks ago. Hah! Either way I'm at the milestone of 45lbs lost again! 45 fucking pounds! That's like, 9 bags of sugar! Luckily I still have plenty of sweetness to spare ;) I passed on the temptation of getting a sandwich somewhere after kayaking and made myself a nice healthy pasta dish with broccoli and chicken. Yay me! And for dessert, chocolate peanut butter cup frozen yogurt in a waffle cone! I think I burned enough calories today for that. :)