Fun Date Night

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So for our "date night" last night, Annie and I rented a canoe and went paddling on the Charles river near Newton/Wellsley.

It was a lot of fun. And although it's been almost two decades since I was last in a canoe, we weren't forced to make use of our life jackets.

I wish I'd done something like this sooner though. I really like being on/in the water. And while I'm not about to go swimming in the Charles anytime soon, it was nice to be out there paddling along. Along with the various ducks/swans/geese, we did mange to catch sight of a heron. There were also numerous dragonflies which made Annie happy and kept most of the noxious insects away.

We also had some quality conversation time when we weren't paddling under I-90, I-95, and various interchanges.

It might be fun to bring along a few extra people next time...maybe get kayaks instead (although the one and only time I was ever in one of those I rolled it like a d20 in a washing machine).

later
Tom

Comments

[drwex]

Yay! Anne told me you were going to do this and it sounds like you had fun. Glad it worked out.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

It was so much fun. And while it wasn't a huge major workout, my arms and upper back are feeling it a bit this morning, except for the muscle in my right arm which had been sore to the point of limiting movement for three days, which now feels much better. :)

And it's a pretty part of the Charles.

[drwex]

Ah, the healing effects of pain. *makes more notes*

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

The healing effects of... hey!

[drwex]

Sorry, was I "helping" again?

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was "helping"

[drwex]

*innocent eyelash batting*

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

I don't buy it.

[dirkcjelli.livejournal.com]

What you need is one of those massive eskimo war-kayaks... its a torque issue from your height, I'd say.

[bluegargantua]

Hee!

"War kayaks"

Hey baby, wanna see my "war kayak"?
Tom

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. Hmm... ::plots silently::

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

Also? We were in Newton, heading for Wellseley. WHich is kind of like near Natick, but only kind of.

[xinie.livejournal.com]

My parents live on a pond/lake in Littleton. They have no boat, but if you end up investing in one, I can hook you up with a dock nearby. :)

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Nice!

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

The site said that the park is one of a few based around "former reservoirs of the City of Boston". So my question is: where does Boston get its water now?

Sounds like a *great* time. I often have wished to be out on a boat on the Charles in town. Something in the iconography of my early childhood marks that as the quintessential New England experience. But for me, the ideal would be a single or double skull, to relive my 2 semesters of glory days failing to qualify for the crew team when I was 14.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

The site said that the park is one of a few based around "former reservoirs of the City of Boston". So my question is: where does Boston get its water now?

Quabbin. It travels pretty far now.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

And if it runs out of water, the name would work well as someone in Harry Potter...

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

heh.

they flooded how many towns to make Quabbin? it was something like five, IIRC.

re: towns

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Three.

re: if it runs out of water

[etherial.livejournal.com]

That's kind of like saying "If the Nile runs out of water, it won't be a river in Egypt."

[peaseblossom.livejournal.com]

Nice! I've been canoeing on the Charles a few times, although not in recent history. When we were in Maine last year we did some canoeing and kayaking, both of which were super fun, although this year they were pre-empted by the waterslides.

re: the Charles

[etherial.livejournal.com]

We used to sail on the Charles in Cambridge. We joked that if someone fell in, it wouldn't be worth turning back for them, since they would have dissolved by the time you got back to them.

[buxom-bey.livejournal.com]

"I rolled it like a d20 in a washing machine"

Your imagery is, as always, highly amusing.

Sounds like fun. I wouldn't mind being one of those 'extra people' for next time.