Stahlke Adoption

Last Week--An Eternity Ago

David's Song

Row, row, row your boat
A line of canoes stretches down the river. Each of us takes paddle in hand and slides it into the water.

Gently down the stream
Not always so gently! Within a few hundred feet of embarking, Paul and Adam managed to catch their canoe between a boulder and a tree. It filled with water and sank. Even though the river was shallow, the force of the current made the canoe too heavy to lift. The boys walked back to our starting point and secured another canoe for the day. We're still waiting for the outfitting company to tell us the damages. They can't recover the canoe until the crest of the river has passed, maybe in a couple of weeks. Even a motor boat couldn't pull the canoe out of the water.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Despite the rough start, we all had a great time. There's something about being on the water, alternatively exerting oneself and gazing around at a beautiful day.

Life is but a dream
The kind of dream that could go on forever . . .

posted by Stahlkes @ 10:15 AM