Went out in my kayak this morning. I have a sleek yellow kayak that cuts through the water like a knife. I went looking for the resident gators, but the only reptiles I saw were some turtle heads bobbing under the water as I glided by. Egrets and herons were wading along the shoreline looking for their breakfast and fishermen made wakes for me to navigate. They seemed to enjoy buzzing me.
It was a good workout, mostly upper body. But when you do it right, you can get full body exercise, twisting at the waist for full strokes and working the legs on the pedals pulling the energy throughout the body. Only problem was when I got back in to the pier(Michael was still out on his run) I had a real challenge getting myself up onto the dock. First, I pulled myself up on the back of the boat and planted my feet for balance. The challenge came with balancing my boat while reaching up and grabbing onto the deck. I had to forget about the cobwebs and spiders for a bit, then had to psych myself in to "I can do this" and pull myself up on my belly in one fast heave. I made it without going over! I even got the boat pulled up out of the water, onto the cart and back to the house without.
What I have observed is, as I get older, they make things heavier, shelves higher and lids on tighter. Must be a conspiracy against those of us who are using up the Social Security funds. Weed us out before it is all gone for the Baby Boomers.
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