The Canoe was launched again

The problem with doing a blog is that you have to remember to blog when you have an internet connection. For the last 2 nights we have not had reliable internet. 

On our last day at Galveston Island State Park, the weather cleared and we got the canoe in the water on the bay side of the island. The water was warm and quite shallow in places (less than 12 inches) to a maximum of about 5 feet. We canoed through wetlands, heading towards the bay. There was very little wildlife to see and the winds were still quite strong, so we opted to not go too far. We also cheated on the canoeing part and used our trolling motor. 

The biggest challenge with the canoe is getting it up onto the roof of the Jeep. We aren’t as young or as strong as we were back in 2002 when we last took a canoe on a trip to Alaska. We used it quite a bit and were able to load it on the truck that was pulling our fifth wheel. We thought we had it securely fastened to the truck but one day as we were driving through Saskatchewan, it came loose and slammed into the front of the fifth wheel. The canoe lost that battle. This canoe is lashed down more securely.