There are only a few hours left in this year of the lord 2013. And a pretty decent year, kayaking wise.
Chantal, my wife, and I collected good memories from sea kayaking and even white water kayaking. We got the sea kayaks out around the now regular Sorel Islands outing in the spring. For the May long weekend, we opted for a visit to the Mauricie park and discovering the Wapizagonke lake, its history and petroglyphs. We took the whole family out whale watching at the Grandes Bergeronnes, past Tadoussac where Chantal and Brigitte had a close encounter of the whaly kind.
Chantal and I toured the Gaspesian Peninsula during our summer vacation. We started with the amazing B&B in the Baie des Chaleurs, paddled around the imposing Rocher Percé and got adopted by couple of seals off the Forillion park. A 6+ hours horseback ride across the park tested my weak knowledge of those animals and more over our legs and butts... The drive back in the St-Lawrence golf scenery confirmed we live in a beautiful province.
On the white water side, Chantal and I took an epic Swift Water Safety class along with 10 or so other clubmates. We also had the best day ever on the river running the Assomption river with other club members; this was Chantal's 2nd river in a solo WW kayak; she ran everything like a champ, skipping only the ending 12ft waterfall. We left the boats to the side and jumped the fall instead and played in the jacuzzi-like whirlpools; what a great day.
