The Ties That Bind

Man oh man, what a week I’ve had. To put this in perspective, I’m 36 weeks pregnant and my entire summer of emotional drama pales in comparison to what has transpired over the last 10 days. I feel like a wet noodle. I’m actually surprised and utterly shocked that the decision to sell our home has left me totally conflicted in my feelings.

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Kayaking with Kids … Getting Them Started!

When people see us on the river, they always assume we are a school … at a minimum there are 5 paddlers, at most there are 10!   We try to balance our days with fun (epic) paddling for the older kids and fun (and safe) paddling for the younger kids.  I can tell you, paddling with us is a blast … we can make the easiest Class II river fun for the expert and we can take the stress out of a tough paddle simply by laughing at me!

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2012 ICF Freestyle World Cup Competition; #1 Rock Island

The first World Cup in the Series was in Rock Island, TN and it was, hands down, the most organized competition we’ve ever competed at!  There were 3 days of competition and each day there was water only during a certain number of hours, so everything had to run smoothly to get all the events in and it was as perfect as could ever be hoped for.  To simply be here at this event is crazy exciting, there is so much adrenaline, so much excitement, and, for us, so much unknown!!

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Freer Than We’ve Ever Been!

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.–Mahatma Gandhi

In the midst of our travels we’ve met so many different people from different walks of life.  People of different religions, people of different political persuasions, people with small families and people with large families, friendly people and un-friendly people have all crossed our paths.  We’ve also traveled through large cities and small rural towns, we’ve seen overtly rich people and overtly poor.

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