So, right up front, there will be no pictures for this post. I am sorry if that crushes anyone's soul. It is not my fault that my camera has chosen to take some time off in an undisclosed location. The upside of this lack of pictures, if there is one, is that my most recent trip was to Swan Lake again, so there are already pictures of it.
I took Swan Lake from a different location this time, one that was far more protected than the wind riddled state park beach that I tried to leave from before. It took me three times as long to find this public boat landing as I expected, but once I got there, I was excited to get out on the water again.
I paddled along, admiring people's lakeside "camps" (they looked more like year-round houses to me) and listening to the cars drive by on the road that I was following. I saw that someone had moored their kayak just offshore at their camp, which I thought was funny. Was their kayak so heavy that they weren't able to pull up to their little beach like they had their other kayak? I will never know, as no one was around to ask.
All of a sudden, the sky opened up and began to rain all over me AND my parade. I turned around, sort of expecting thunder and lightning soon (since the weather man had threatened them) and before long had the Rhythm back on-board the Forester. I put my new cockpit cover on, which I was really grateful for later when it started to rain EVEN HARDER!! And, I did get the satisfaction of conquering Swan Lake before the sky let loose; it is no longer mocking me and ruining my kayaking record!
The weather calls for rain all this week, so it doesn't look like I am going to get much of an opportunity to kayak. So, for now, the Rhythm is resting under her new tarp under the deck. I can't wait to get out again, when I think I finally may make it to Long Pond! *Fingers Crossed!*
P.S. Thank you to Adam Sandler for the title of this blog post/movie quote!
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