Thursday, March 6, 2014 (Lake Havasu City, AZ)

With the temps in the low 80's and Rich feeling better, we decided that it was time to spend some time out on the lake.  We have been discussing purchasing an inflatable kayak and decided that we better try renting a kayak and make sure we were comfortable before investing in an inflatable one.

Today was the day, after our exercise routine, we got cleaned up, packed a picnic lunch and headed to the rental store.  Apparently, this is the tail end of the rental season for kayaks and the start of the wet bike/boat rentals so they had to dig the kayak out of the back.  We got it loaded up and headed for our launch site called Mesquite Bay. They have a little park along the lake just for kayak launching and it's free.....sweet.  We hauled the kayak down to the water and ate our picnic lunch before we headed out. 

We were only on the water for a couple of hours before the wind came up but we had a good time and got a good feel of how a kayak would paddle.  Well mostly it was a one person doing the paddling.  I was holding Gracie so couldn't really paddle too well, oh rats.....=)  After a bit she settled down and seemed to enjoy being out on the water also.  Here are some pics from our trip.

Getting ready to launch

Nice fishing dock we passed while paddling, someone actually caught a fish while we were floating by

It's a big lake out there.......look mom, yes we wore life jackets, even Gracie who you can't see because she's on my lap.  I wasn't comfortable turning completely around for the pic since it made the kayak feel tippy.....


After a couple of hours, the wind came up so we decided we'd had enough and headed back.  Boy once we got off the water, it was definitely hot out, it was nice being out on the water. 
We got back to the resort and headed to the pool.  The pool is really nice and I'm not complaining, but the water is really warm, practically like bath water, so it's not like jumping into brisk and refreshing water that takes your breath away, it's like sliding into a tepid bath but it still feels really nice and again....I'm not complaining.  =)