Most of our day was spent geocashing, in the water, or
eating. We went on 6 geocache adventures and successfully found 5. Two were located in Old Mistick Village, one
by the old drawbridge in Mystic, one in the seaport and the last was in an old
Revolutionary War Graveyard. The one we
found there was the biggest one we found, it was a big box. For any of you who don't know what Geocaching is you should check it out. It's like going on a treasure hunt in a cool place.
This is us with the one we found near Olde Mytick village:
We then attempted to paddleboard from a riverbed in Old Lyme
out to the ocean. We rented 2 paddleboards and a kayak. Sophia and I were on the paddle boards and
mom and Michael were on the kayak. It
didn’t go as well as we hoped. The tide
was low and the riverbed had very thick mud.
We (meaning me) got stuck in the mud on the side of the river and mom
and Michael had to kayak to me to help.
Michael and I switched places and mom and I got the kayak unstuck and
started paddling up the river. Michael
was not so lucky. He had to spend a lot
of time to get the board unstuck, which was very frustrating for him. Finally
he was free and made his first attempt standing, just as a speedboat came
flying in ignoring the no wake zone and Michael wiped out. He was officially done and wanted it to be
over. Sophia had already made it
successfully to the ocean and back on her paddleboard but had a blister from
the effort. I was mad that mom had made
me switch with Michael so I wasn’t talking to her. Finally, my mom said that was enough and that
we were going back.
Sophia, Mom and I made our way up to the canal where we had
rented them only to find Michael was still trying to steer his paddleboard and
had basically given up, sitting on his board letting the tide take him in
naturally. We landed on the bank and Sophia
and I jumped into the kayak to rescue him but he refused our help and just
floated back in on his own. Overall….fail…
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