After over an entire year of collecting bottles and cans, and of grandma going back and forth to Sarcan with him, organizing and separating, Dekker bought, paid for, and transported his kayak to the lake. And this weekend, he had his first real ride on the lake.
But before he got it out on the water, Dekker unwrapped his kayak in our campsite, and got familiar with all of its features.
Once he was acclimated, he invited me in for a tour.
I thought that was very sweet 💜
It wasn’t long after my “tour” that I was casually invited to help him carry it down to the water, haha! I happily obliged. He was SO excited. He had been invited to join some of his friends on an evening paddle, and we got to the water first. Its possible he was eager…
When it came time to finally get into it, our resident safety officer helped load his kayak into the water.
The group kayaked for about a half hour before they called it for the evening. Dekker was on cloud nine. I helped him pack up his kayak and get it set up and out of the way before we headed back up to our site. He was very happy. In one of the videos I got, he gushed that the kayak was SO worth the work 💜
The next day happened to be warm enough to spend on the beach, and he connected the two kayaks to take Wavy on some rides 💜 It was beautiful.
I anticipate so many more jaunts out on the lake throughout the season. Its been such a pleasure watching Dekker grow and mature and get more independent each year. And he’s still just a kid! Its moving quickly. Too quickly. But perfectly quickly. He is such fun. I am so grateful 💜