Tippy Canoe Tuesday

[lydamorehouse]

We started with tippy canoe with Shawn and I and then Mason wanted to see what could be seen if we pushed past the place that we now call “Capsize Cove.”  So, I think I spent maybe four hours in a canoe today. That maybe doesn’t feel like much, but we fought the wind home both times. 

 

The more we stay up here, the more we get to know the people who run the place. The owners list used to just be “Bob and Sue,” but now it includes “Quinn and Katie.” Bob and Sue are very much still part of the daily life at Bearskin.  I’ve really grown to quite like Bob in particular. 

 

In fact, we happened to see Bob when we came back from our “adventure” with the overturned canoe, and when he heard that we’d flipped the boat, he sat right down to hear the whole story. He’s always willing to turn off his walkie-talkie and hear from people about their stay. If it’s not genuine, he does a helluva impression of real concern. I kind of love that about him? Plus, he laughed at us when we seemed so surprised by having tipped over and said, “Everyone always says: ‘But I’ve never tipped a canoe before!” It was said with kindness and a large side of ‘because everyone flips a canoe at some point’ and ‘there just isn’t much for it when it starts going over.’ 

 

Nice guy.

 

Our other big adventure today (Tuesday) was that because I was exhausted from so much canoeing, we decided to try… EATING IN A RESAURANT.   

 

I know, right? 

 

But, we decided that we needed to start trusting the vaccine and go out places, plus the food would just be gross if I drove it home. It’s only seven miles (? Kilometers) away, but even so. It was very distracting to be in such a busy place. We used to laugh at the people who sat in restaurants not saying anything to each other, but I get it now. Not only was I so tired as to be kind of loopy, but also there’s kind of a LOT?? It got more a lot when a whole bevy of three families came in, a whole posse of smols in tow. From going to zero to this was… honestly, a little tough, so we might not have been our usual chatty selves, but, man, the food was worth it.

 

And I didn’t have to do the dishes. 

Today, we may hike to magnetic rock!






 

Comments

[sabotabby]

A restaurant? omg so exciting.

[lydamorehouse]

It was CRAZY.