First of all, my apologies to Vanhoskier and Whitewater Girl, our very own extreme kayaking Divas. This is not your kind of trip.
Happy Feet and I kayaked the Connecticut River yesterday, a relaxing, 12 mile trip through some beautiful countryside with no whitewater. (For those of you who don't know, the Connecticut is the river that separates Vermont from New Hampshire.)
Still, it was lots of fun. The sun was out, the water temperature just right; we saw a few eagles and stopped at the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, VT, for lunch. A lovely day.
Here I am, getting ready to head out:
Here's a view down the river:
Here we're approaching the Windsor-Cornish Bridge, the longest two-span covered bridge in North America:
Heading under the bridge!
And here's the bridge, from the other side:
Happy Feet and I kayaked the Connecticut River yesterday, a relaxing, 12 mile trip through some beautiful countryside with no whitewater. (For those of you who don't know, the Connecticut is the river that separates Vermont from New Hampshire.)
Still, it was lots of fun. The sun was out, the water temperature just right; we saw a few eagles and stopped at the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, VT, for lunch. A lovely day.
Here I am, getting ready to head out:
Here's a view down the river:
Here we're approaching the Windsor-Cornish Bridge, the longest two-span covered bridge in North America:
Heading under the bridge!
And here's the bridge, from the other side: