Me, not to such a great degree.
We take a yearly vacation to Maine. While he's on the toughest hikes, I'm usually camped out on the rocks, watching the ocean, reading a good book. I try out some of the harder trails, balk a little, but always end up having a good time.
His newest adventure is kayaking. Where we live, there are waterways ... everywhere. This spring, he bought a kayak and has been testing out several places. Last week, I rented a boat and went out with him on the Transquaking River in lower Dorchester County, Md.
The river was a great place to try kayaking for the first time ... very still, no current, not very wide and surprisingly, no bugs. Also, it had houses along the shoreline ... in case of an emergency =). The water was brown, and at the boat ramp it had a lot of murky stuff floating around in it, but I put my feet in it anyway, paddled my way into the river, and off we went.
And it was fun. We paddled and floated for about 4 hours, stopping so he could fish (the fish were jumping, but not biting). We saw egrets, herons and ospreys along the way. I brought a book along here, too, and read here and there while he tried to get a fish to bite, and it was a relaxing and peaceful afternoon.
Now, I'm going to buy a kayak of my own. I went to an LL Bean store 65 miles away today, only to find out they sold the one I wanted earlier this morning! I'm planning to try another store this weekend. On Sunday, we scoped out new places to put in along the Nanticoke River in the southern part of our county ... and we found some beaches there, too. After 11 years here, who knew?
So, our next adventure may await later this week ...
