Good Day

December 7, 2009

So today was a good day in Tasmania. I woke up this morning, and proceeded to a garage where I borrowed his air gun to bust loose the one bolt on my shock absorber, I thanked him and then drove over to Kettering about 20 minutes away. We then rented 2 kayaks from a company called "Over 40 Ocean Going Kayaking". I love this company, for 60 bucks a piece they gave us 2 kayaks, wetsuits, drybags to store our gear, and anything else we might have needed. I have to admit, I liked these people. We went North for about 1.5 hours, and stopped for lunch on a beach. We relaxed for a while, before we jumped back in and headed across the channel to Bunel Island, 2km accross open water. I have to admit this is when I learned to love ocean Kayaking, there were some decent waves, but these kayaks have rudders, which means that it is way easier to steer these things. The rudder attach to your feet, so instead of doing all this fancy paddling, you steer with your feet, if you want to go right, all you need to do is push your right foot forward, and just like magic, you go right. The hardest part of the day was when we did the 4km trip back across the channel to the mainland, into a rather tough headwind. We returned our gear and rather tiredly found a rest stop so Chris could make supper. Meanwhile I got dirty installing the new shock, and am now happy to report that the vehicle drives a whole lot better. It was a very good day, with only one minor unfortunate brake on my part. Playing crib tonight I witnessed my enemy get a 20 point crib. He dumped 2 fives, I dumped king jack, and a five comes up on the cut, yes that hurt. Adding insult to injury, I only had 2 points in my hand. Yes I lost that game.

If you are ever in Tasmania, drive down to Kettering for a day and rent a Kayak. You will not be disappointed. I must now plan a Kayak trip along the BC coast, makes me wonder if I ever want to go back to work.

Goodnight