Stuck in the Muck

Sunday afternoon was a beautiful day! We set out, after church, to nearby park with our canoe in tow. We loaded our canoe with the essentials...cooler, food bag, fishing poles and bait, beach pails and shovels, a blanket and frizbee. Do you think we had enough? - HA! We launched our canoe and paddled across the bay to our own little private island!


We had the beach all to ourselves. It was great! After enjoying the beach together some, Brian and the boys set off in the canoe and left me on the island with my blanket, book and some food. It was fabulous. The boys paddled out and cast their poles!
And not to long after that....Aaron caught his first fish! He was so excited!
O.K. -- Are you wondering where the MUCK comes in? Well --- we left our house today with the intention of just going to have a fun family day. Did we check the tides? NO! Oh well....when we started paddling back across the bay we noticed that where we were going was just mud. We decided to paddle around to the other side and still go stuck. At one point Brian got out and was pulling us across the muck. I felt like a queen being pulled across the river! It did not last long though. :) Brian soon asked me to roll up my pants and get out of the canoe. The romance was over - HEHE! We both had to step quickly because the mud was very squishy and in some parts DEEP!
There were lots of people watching us as we trudged through muddy muck. We had one couple come and tell us how much we made them laugh and think about their children and grandchildren getting in the same predicament. I am glad we helped someone laugh that day! We sure were laughing! We had a great family adventure!

The boys loved cleaning up the canoe when we got home! I hope that enthusiasm last a while!