We hit the water early today after, yes, wait for it, Peter having another batch of buckwheat pancakes at Warners. By this point, we're regulars, and they're considering us for equity partners. OK, we really didn't hit the water THAT early, since it took him over an hour to eat all the pancakes. But, we did give it a shot.
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It was a beautiful morning on the water, and that made for a quick start and good motivation. We paddled along quite well for a few hours, and then dropped into a local marina to rotate the girls. Kathy, bring the queen of helpfulness that she is, came waterside and offered to stabilize my boat while I exited. She sat on the front, I started getting out, and then the local Marina guy started talking to her...which we all know is a really bad thing, as 1 is her multi-tasking limit. She rotates around to answer him, unweights the boat, and I go rolling into the water headfirst. The marina guy is in stitches at this point, Peter is scouring the shoreline for more buckwheats, Judy is putting the boat on top of the SUV (a REALLY fun sight if you've never seen someone 4'6" load a kayak that weighs more than they do ontop a vehicle 2 feet higher than they are!).
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The girls wrap up for the day, and peter and I high-tail it the remaining 5 or so miles to the lake end. We have to go another mile or so up the Cayuga-Seneca canal to get to the car, so we have a chance to scope that out a bit also...should be a quick paddle sometime in the fall.
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All in all, a great paddling weekend, we got in our longest multi-day paddle, did out biggest lake, braved the elements, boat traffic, and buckwheats without any major damage, and got to watch bill drink some wine. I'll buy THAT for a dollar!
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"King of the Lakes (for this weekend anyways)" Lumpy out
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