New Brooks Family Hobby: Canoeing

After thinking about this for several years, I finally bit the bullet and purchased a canoe. What does a guy do when he has no diversions? Most guys my age play golf, or racquetball, or tennis, or go fishing or, well, something slightly less moral.

After trying a few of the aforementioned activities, for some strange reason I decided that it would be interesting to try canoeing. At first Paige scoffed. Then we went out and tried it. As you can see from the picture, she has become a believer. This picture was taken tonight just as the sun was setting on Fort Patrick Henry Lake. That is not a bad picture for having been taken on a phone, while trying to not tip over- I even got the light to frame her face- or is that just her countenance (HMMMmmmmm!) Notice the hot pink life jacket. Ellie was seated in the middle and didn't make the picture. Ellie was sporting her Barbie life jacket.

The cool thing is that we live 1.2 miles from the lake and can be on it in 15 minutes- including the time it takes to get dressed and load the canoe into the truck. When the warmer weather hits and the lake becomes a bit too crowded for canoes, we will hit the rivers around here. I am kind of pumped about our new hobby.