What I did with my morning...

I tried kayaking for the first time...inspired by my buddy Trish...who always has a great plan for fun things to do! I've been considering buying a canoe for several years now...but had been urged by folks like my brother Tom to choose a kayak. So this adventure was, in part, a test to see whether I even liked kayaking. A neighbor in Norton has begun a kayak tour business and Trish called to check it out. We took off this morning on a three hour tour with no prior experience of kayaking. I have to say that once I got over my initial fear of being so 'on top' of the water...and realizing I shouldn't make any fast moves...it was great! The day could not have been more spectacular...clear, blue sky, leaves just turning bright...water flat calm. The "Res" as our guide Dave calls it, is the Norton Reservoir, a body of water I pass several times a day taking Katy various places. It also happens to be directly across the street from the karate dojo. You can see the dojo behind us in the picture of me and Trish. The Res is currently is the home to at least 58 mute swans, cormorants, blue herons, osprey, canada geese, ducks....the list goes on. We saw so many swan families, an osprey dive to catch its lunch, herons taking off from the water into the sky. It was really great. Dave is a wealth of knowledge about the area and had lots of good info to share with us. So, maybe the kayak needs a little more investigation...Anyway, I felt grateful to have been out on a beautiful fall day, hanging with nature, gliding across the water for the morning.