Let the Adventures Begin!! With as little pain as possible!

  Some of you may know about the blog that I started a long time ago that never took off.  For those of you skeptical about the life of this one, have no fear...I think I have a little more motivation this time.  See, the problem with the blog I started before (which I can't even remember the name of) is that it had no basis, nor did it have a theme.  It was just....it.  Now, however......there will YAK-TION!!!!!!


  Three days ago, a dream was realized by this small-town, Downeast girl.  I bought my very first kayak.  It is green, my favorite of all colors since before I can remember (you should've seen my green crayons when I was little), a Perception Rhythm purchased from Dick's Sporting Goods in the great city of Bangor, ME.

My brand new Perception Rhythm

  The first adventure came with strapping the darn thing onto the rack.  I mean, I have had the rack for awhile, but I hadn't had the chance to play with it until that moment.  So, after choosing my kayak, I politely asked the  Dick's Sporting Goods employee who had helped me for assistance with the tie-down, and he graciously volunteered his time and effort.  As I pulled up, I said, "I've only ever used flat racks and I am not sure how to use this one..." and he said "Ummm....yeah."  Apparently, neither did he.  But, with some bumper-standing, some maybes, and with all God's grace, we strapped 'er on.  As he was pulling the final strap, I made some comment about how I had had nightmares about the kayak falling off the roof and killing someone behind me, and he said "Yeah, that's why we're not supposed to help tie them on."  Okay.


  So, thank you, nameless Dick's Sporting Goods Employee, for risking your job to aid a poor, hapless, hopeful kayak-er.  I wish you had been there to witness my first attempt on my own, because I think you may have secretly enjoyed watching the green plastic almost break my nose when I dropped it on myself.  But, because of you, a dream was realized, and the population at large remained unmaimed.  Cheers!