What an adventure we had today... We woke up this morning with all plans for Jerry and I to go kayaking today. And tomorrow I have plans to go out kayaking with my cousin and her fiance. So today we went to EMS in Manchester to rent our kayaks, just to find out that I really should have put my name down ahead of time(even though when I called them THREE times about renting, nobody suggested to me that maybe I should reserve the boats I wanted, but anyway). So after being a little disappointed, we ended up renting two 12ft boats from the EMS in West Hartford, and then took them down to Bolton Lake. Jerry actually had a really good time, better than he expected. He really started to seem like he was having fun once he let his guard down a bit.
The strapping down of my kayak onto my "sport utility vehicle", was a mess. I have dual exhaust pipes on either side of my car in the back, making it impossible to tie the stern to the back with the nylon straps they give you without it melting next to the exhaust. Which happened and I needed to pull over on the side of the highway to fix it. And then on the way back was a fiasco, too because the kayak kept shifting on top of my car because it was so windy I guess. I was so scared I was going to loose it off the top and it fly off in the middle of Downton Hartford on I-84 and cause and accident. But I got it there in one piece and I can't wait to go again, tomorrow. I'm just hoping the person in Manchester could maybe figure something out better to tie the kayak down. I really want the Thule Hulla-port rack for the kayak, because I definately want to invest in one by next year. :)
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