Hit The North!
This merits a post.
I spent a wonderful weekend canoeing with some friends in Whiteshell Provincial Park. It was a welcome change from what had seemed like a hectic week prior. By the time Friday rolled around I was almost unable to muster the mental energy to pack up, prepare food, rent a canoe, and decide where we would go. But go we did, and it was good.
Here Vanessa and Mark coast through one of the man-made tunnels blasted through the rock that connect Caddy Lake and South Cross Lake. Not only do the tunnels offer a reprieve from the heat, but they also provide great acoustics should you feel the need to break into song.
Canoeing is great and I have nothing against it. What I was most looking forward to about the weekend, however, was the chance to indulge in my favorite-ever pastime of 'lifejacket-swimming.' I say indulge for two reasons: First and foremost because when wearing a lifejacket there is really no swimming involved...only floating. Secondly, I often take the liberty of drinking a beer while 'lifejacket-swimming' and so 'indulge' seemed like the only appropriate term. [As a side note, drinking a beer while 'lifejacket-swimming' is most easily accomplished if you wear your lifejacket like a diaper. This lifts the body further out of the water for ease of consumption.]
The unexpected surprise of the weekend was the creation of a new game - canoe frisbee. The creation of new games is my second favorite pasttime of all-time after lifejacket-swimming. When we were younger, my cousin and I invented numerous games. Most lasted only one evening, though the best of them were revived again and again. 'Tape-ball Baseball' was a short-lived game involving hitting a ball of tape - thrown like a baseball - with a small pillow. This game was significantly improved later on and became 'Ping-Pong Baseball.' 'Ping-Pong Baseball' was significantly harder due to the fact that a ping-pong ball, when thrown like a baseball, moves unpredictably through the air. Thus, there were many more strikeouts and home-runs (hitting the ball past the couch) were less frequent. So anyway, canoe frisbee is a new sport that combines all the fun of tossing a disc with the precariousness of standing up in a canoe, and it is good times.
A weekend well spent.
I spent a wonderful weekend canoeing with some friends in Whiteshell Provincial Park. It was a welcome change from what had seemed like a hectic week prior. By the time Friday rolled around I was almost unable to muster the mental energy to pack up, prepare food, rent a canoe, and decide where we would go. But go we did, and it was good.
Here Vanessa and Mark coast through one of the man-made tunnels blasted through the rock that connect Caddy Lake and South Cross Lake. Not only do the tunnels offer a reprieve from the heat, but they also provide great acoustics should you feel the need to break into song.
Canoeing is great and I have nothing against it. What I was most looking forward to about the weekend, however, was the chance to indulge in my favorite-ever pastime of 'lifejacket-swimming.' I say indulge for two reasons: First and foremost because when wearing a lifejacket there is really no swimming involved...only floating. Secondly, I often take the liberty of drinking a beer while 'lifejacket-swimming' and so 'indulge' seemed like the only appropriate term. [As a side note, drinking a beer while 'lifejacket-swimming' is most easily accomplished if you wear your lifejacket like a diaper. This lifts the body further out of the water for ease of consumption.]
The unexpected surprise of the weekend was the creation of a new game - canoe frisbee. The creation of new games is my second favorite pasttime of all-time after lifejacket-swimming. When we were younger, my cousin and I invented numerous games. Most lasted only one evening, though the best of them were revived again and again. 'Tape-ball Baseball' was a short-lived game involving hitting a ball of tape - thrown like a baseball - with a small pillow. This game was significantly improved later on and became 'Ping-Pong Baseball.' 'Ping-Pong Baseball' was significantly harder due to the fact that a ping-pong ball, when thrown like a baseball, moves unpredictably through the air. Thus, there were many more strikeouts and home-runs (hitting the ball past the couch) were less frequent. So anyway, canoe frisbee is a new sport that combines all the fun of tossing a disc with the precariousness of standing up in a canoe, and it is good times.
A weekend well spent.
posted by brendo at 10:47 PM
3 Comments:
Dude. I'm coming to Winnipeg today. And I'll be there till Friday morning. However, I do not have your number. Email me!
Canoe frisbee...sounds like fun and totally something I can see you doing.
Not sure if I emailed you or not??? We had our baby August 15. Oliver weighed 7lbs 3oz and has tons of hair and is growing like crazy. Let me know if you still have the same email address - it'd be good to keep in touch! Take Care -Dana
Brendan... do you ever write in this thing anymore??? and when are you coming out this way?? I was just thinking how it would be nice to see ya around...
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