Paddling By

We paddled out of the St. Joseph river and hit the swells in the lake.  It was exhilarating to fight the wind and the waves and to feel the cold spray in my face.  It was also a little scary after the smooth waters of the St. Jo.  We landed on the beach and hung around, drying off and letting the sun soak into us after two straight days of cold and rain.

After a random ultimate frisbee game instigated by the Notre Dame women’s team who happened to be hanging out on the beach, we ate a delicious lunch of cheese and avocado.

I’m pretty tired right now, so I am going to skip to the important facts.  We found out more about what we were into with Lake Michigan.  Bad weather was rolling in, several of the guys had only been kayaking for about 4 days in their whole lives, and we decided that paddling the lake was not the wisest thing.

We called Terry, and he was willing to come pick us up and take us around the lake to Chicago.

Tomorrow we put into the river.

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