Carolyn Yearns For Open Water

Since our recent trip to Long Beach (with side trips to Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, San Clemente, and San Juan Capistrano), Carolyn has been thinking about kayaks. We visited a couple of shops that sell them. I have been researching them on the Internet.

We decided on Sunday afternoon to go out to Watson Lake here in Prescott. You can rent kayaks there. We tried out a tandem "sit on top" kayak. We got the hang of it fairly quickly and , although it was a windy sunny day, our interest in kayaks was seriously "wetted."

Next week we want to try out single kayaks with cabins to compare to the tandem.

There are five lakes within minutes of our house. Having kayaks would give us a great way to enjoy them. With the mild weather we have here it's possible to boat year 'round.

Here are some pictures of our afternoon on Watson Lake:

The following week we went back to Watson Lake and tried the single kayaks. If was a different experience than the tandem. They moved quicker through the water with less effort. The Swift 9.5 that Carolyn had was stable but didn't track as well as the tandem or a longer single would. Nonetheless, they were alot of fun.