If blogging was a sin, I'm sure I would be doing it more often...

It's getting so damn hard to keep up with this blog. But I'm persistent and will do whatever it takes to type some black across the vastness of white that fills my screen. Whether it makes sense or not, I don't care. It's a good thing I don't get paid to do this. I'd be broke as shit. Because I don't get paid, though, I can write whatever the hell I want and it won't matter to anybody. Knowing you guys, you'll either read it or not, then come back for the next post. And I love you for it. Seriously.

Since this is a theme blog, I guess I should stick to the theme. Kayaking. Oh yes, those crazy little boats that everybody thinks they would flip over if they ever got in one. I'm a dynamo when it comes to balance on the water and have never flipped a kayak, although I'm sure you would. I'm kidding, seriously.

This brings me to a point that I could write about: Mrs. Yak and her new kayak. They are getting along just fine. Neither has gotten the other too terribly wet, although the two of them put together have been the source of several soakings for me. Seriously.

We haven't had the boats out in a while, but I'm sure we'll go play in the water this weekend. Too bad we're not in Texas right now. I hear there is plenty of kayaking going on down there. My mom called me the other day and left a message asking if she could borrow my kayak because of all the rain. Seriously.

No mom, you can't borrow my kayak, but you did give me an idea for a trip! Speaking of trips, my cousin emailed an idea for a trip that was a little out of the parameters I set forth, but it intrigued me so...I still owe her a sticker. Oops. I haven't forgotten it, I just haven't sent it yet. I'm not going to make any promises because my last name is Johnson and you know how that always plays out, but I'll do my best to get a sticker in the mail this week. If you have no idea what I'm talking about see the side bar for trip contest, or whatever I titled it, I can't remember. Seriously.

That will do for now, but before you shut down your computer and go back to trimming your toe nails, or whatever it was you were doing that is more exciting than reading this blog, check out my brother and sister in law-to-be's new blog: mistyandjonjohnson.blogspot.com. That is as hard to type as it is to say. Seriously.

That's all for now. Be safe, wear your PFD, and remember kids...kayakers do it with paddles.



Fair winds and following seas...




Addendum: What's up with the "seriously"? I wanted to see if I could end every paragraph with the word "seriously". At first, I thought it would be difficult being how I would have to actually think each paragraph through and consider sentence placement. After the second paragraph, though, I realised you can say "seriously" after ANYTHING and it works. All you have to do is change the inflection in your voice to make it fit the tone of the sentence. Seriously, I could have put it at the end of every sentence. Or beginning. I left it in because I wanted to see if anyone would notice it, even though it killed the mood of the post and probably left the reader questioning my aptitude while trying to drink the word "seriously" out of his brain. Dude, seriously...

Here to Finish What I Started.

Mrs. Yak is officially a kayak enthusiast. We added a bright blue (called "Cloud") boat to our fleet on Saturday. This brings our fleet total to...well, two.



We couldn't wait to get the new kayak into the water. So Saturday evening when we returned to Charlottesville with the new boat on top of the car we made a bee line for the reservoir. We splashed our boats and Mrs. Yak was as happy as a duck in a pond. I tried to give her some pointers on paddle technique such as stroke length, how to hold the paddle and use large muscle groups to paddle rather than arms only. She seemed more interested in seeing how fast she could paddle the boat, quickly blowing me off and then started ramming my boat. It didn't take her long to figure out that paddles are very efficient tools for splashing people. I had to beg her not to splash me and explain that the water gets on my glasses and I can't see. Thinking about it now, I can be a real pussy sometimes.



We paddled up the reservoir to my favorite areas for watching wildlife. I've been wanting to take her to this area ever since my first trip here last summer. The animals didn't let me down and were out in abundance. We saw several deer, one that scared the crap out of Mrs. Yak as it ran towards her in a couple of inches of water. Thankfully, it veered off and ran away, saving Mrs. Yaks "When Animals Attack" debut for another time.



The beavers were out milling around collecting twigs that they carried back to their lodge. Turtles weren't in short supply either, basking on logs and swimming to the surface here and there for a sip of fresh air. We even saw a large, dead snapping turtle. Ducks and Geese swam around the islands with their babies crowding their mothers.



We only paddled for an hour or so before heading back to the car. I didn't get a chance to try out the new kayak, but Mrs. Yak seemed to be thrilled with it.



Today I got to try out the new yak. Mrs. Yak was at work so I seized the moment and took her boat to the river. It's easy to paddle but a little small for me. The cockpit is tighter than my boat. I say this because I can't really find anything that my boat is better at. Oh well. More about that next week.




Fair winds and following seas...

No Time To Talk

Hello everybody!

I haven't been keeping up with the blog because there hasn't been any blogworthy stuff going on. Work has been keeping me so completely preoccupied that I have only had the Yak in the water twice this year. The first time I had to wear my dry suit and heavy weather clothing. I couldn't stand to see my kayak hanging in the basement any longer, so I braved the wind and snow and went paddling. The second time was a few days ago, but it was extremely boring so I only stayed out for a few hours.

There is good news for my diligent and good looking readers! Mrs. Yak and I have decided to get another kayak! After expressing my concerns to her about how boring it is to paddle alone, she informed me that she has been wanting to get a boat, but feared she didn't have time to paddle. Pish Posh! We have made time, now we just need a boat.

On Saturday we are hoping to solve that issue. We found a really cool store here in Virginia that stocks over 2500 kayaks and canoes, so hopefully we will be adding another member to our little family this weekend.

In my last post I promised good news would be coming soon. Be patient, my darling readers. Good things come slowly, so you should be hearing something by August 1.

Gotta run for now. It's 5:00 AM and I don't have time to finish this post. See what I mean? Soooo busy....

To be continued...