Who wouldn't love spending time with a curious energetic 10 month old? And I get so little time with her as it is, that it's a struggle to want "me" time. But there's someone else who's competing for my attention these days.
Willow, the three year old yellow lab has been stealing anything she can get her mouth or paws on. Counter surfing, pantry sneaking, she does it all. So I took an afternoon to spend with Willow and learn something new. We went to Downunder Kayak in Wesport so we could test out a stand up paddle board.
Now, the owner did warn me that I should probably learn how to use the paddle board on my own first. If I had a little more time, I gladly would have. And now that I've done it once, I'll definitely go back to do it on my own. What a peaceful way to workout, core engaged, arms digging into the water, gliding by egrets and beautiful scenery.
What wasn't so peaceful was a 90 lbs lab trying to paw her way back onto the board every 5 minutes. It made me so happy to see Willow swimming around the docks and visiting other kayakers. Every few minutes she'd swim over to me. I'd haul her on board, paddle out where I could stand up and she'd jump off. We went through this routine about a dozen times before I called it quits. It was more about her getting too tired to swim, then me not wanting to haul her on board.
Check out the video to see what I'm talking about.
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