The past couple of weeks have been relaxing. After a hectic winter and spring, I’ve worked reasonable hours and have had few evening meetings. I’m heading out for vacation on Tuesday and, for once, I don’t feel stressed about getting everything done. If it wasn’t for a meeting I have to be at on Monday, I could leave today.
Yesterday, on our nation’s birthday, I took it easy. I washed and waxed vehicles, wrote another blog post about working in a grocery story in high school (it’ll be posted while I’m away), walked with the dog and listened to a book, and saw a few fireworks. On Thursday, some friends of mine came up and we spent the afternoon paddling a local river. Instead of a canoe, I took a kayak. We had fun and saw a number of deer sitting along the banks. I have a photo of one but I wish I had my camera out when I saw the three bucks, their antlers all bushy. When I opened the ammo can I keep my camera in, they fled. It was cool for July—only 62 degrees at 1 PM!
Heading Out: Right now, I’m dreaming of sage and will be in familiar country soon. I’m not taking a computer this trip so I may not post anything else until the last week in July. Until then, be good and smile.
The past couple of weeks have been relaxing. After a hectic winter and spring, I’ve worked reasonable hours and have had few evening meetings. I’m heading out for vacation on Tuesday and, for once, I don’t feel stressed about getting everything done. If it wasn’t for a meeting I have to be at on Monday, I could leave today. 
Yesterday, on our nation’s birthday, I took it easy. I washed and waxed vehicles, wrote another blog post about working in a grocery story in high school (it’ll be posted while I’m away), walked with the dog and listened to a book, and saw a few fireworks. On Thursday, some friends of mine came up and we spent the afternoon paddling a local river. Instead of a canoe, I took a kayak. We had fun and saw a number of deer sitting along the banks. I have a photo of one but I wish I had my camera out when I saw the three bucks, their antlers all bushy. When I opened the ammo can I keep my camera in, they fled. It was cool for July—only 62 degrees at 1 PM!
Heading Out: Right now, I’m dreaming of sage and will be in familiar country soon. I’m not taking a computer this trip so I may not post anything else until the last week in July. Until then, be good and smile. 
Nice pics of you canooeing!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful vacation!
Bring your kayak here. I'm beginning to get tired of kayaking, not the sports itself, but the lakes, alas, they are all different in sizes, but you get the same gorgeous snow-capped mountains views against the clear blue skies, the water is always clear and cool, the fish is always big, osprey catching its prey in a corner, birds singing, blar blar blar, boring! I sound very ungrateful don't I? See, living in the West can do that to you ;)
ReplyDeleteThe lake looks so inviting. I've never kayaked, but I think I'd like it. Enjoy your vacation.
ReplyDeleteTsk. Tsk. No PFD? Very irresponsible of you.
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Cheers.
Leni, thanks and vacation will be fun, I promise.
ReplyDeleteMother Hen, rub it in, won't you! We have beautiful rivers, but with plenty of bugs!
Kenju, it was the Thornapple River.
Randall, I had a Pfd--it was my backrest! But I didn't want to wear it in case I went over and had to dive for a fishing rod (besides, there are few places on this river that are over your head)
Great pics! Kayaking looks so peaceful!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a very relaxing vacation. As always, I love your pics. The last is my favorite. Where the others show your enjoyment the last conveys the feeling of floating down the river and we are able to pretend that we are the ones enjoying the tranquility of being on the water.
ReplyDeleteThose are great picture of you and what beautiful scenery! I'd like to try paddling a canoe sometime, only I don't think it'll be as relaxing with all the crocs! :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your vacation!! You sure get a lot of time off. I envy you.
I kind of miss the old days when your absence usually meant that Ed and I picked on each other. :-)
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
And here I was going to say that Murf and I would try to behave while you are gone. I guess that is now a foregone conclusion1
ReplyDeleteI can instigate if you'd like, Ed. :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful vacation. I'll be in NY much of July--not really a vacation but....
ReplyDeleteWe went to a highly recommended restaurant in Calabash and even the hush puppies had an overbearing taste of grease. Calabash, itself, and the neighboring towns are beautiful
Yaya, thanks!
ReplyDeleteKontan, I agree with the last photo--I do like photos that give a sense of movement and discovery--hence the curve of a train track or an "s" curve of a trail
Scarlet, I've seen gators when paddling in NC
Murf, what's changed?
Ed, see questions above
Murf2, try to behave now children!
Pia, if there husbpuppies were that greasy, their oil wasn't hot enough... When I was growing up, Calabash use to be only fried food (or boiled shrimp), at least now you can get seafood broiled
Enjoy your well-deserved vacation.
ReplyDeletei take it you didn't get the rain you were expecting. yay!!
ReplyDeleteawesome photos!
Enjoy the month, and have fun!
ReplyDeleteHave a good time, Sage! :D)
ReplyDeleteI've been canoeing many times, but never kayaking. I'd love to try it sometime.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful trip!
Have a great trip, Sage. I went canoeing for the first time last weekend and thought of you.
ReplyDeleteThings like, "If Sage were here, he could cook us up some fish right about now. Or "If Sage were here, I bet he could tell me whether that's a mink or a muskrat over there and if I'm in any mortal danger."
Were you kayaking on the AuSable? Looks like lots of fun!!
ReplyDeleteHope you are enjoying your vacation.
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