stubsadventures

Living in Canada provides us with the most amazing of last minute opportunities. In this country,  you can be out on the ocean, down a river, swimming in a lake, climbing a mountain, camping, quading any number of things. This weekend, it was a one day trip down the Red Deer River.

About 35km, totally about six hours of paddling down the lazy Red Deer River. The badlands line the river the entire way and the shores are filled with birds from tiny little ones to bald eagles. Saw a couple of fish jump and then there was that mysterious river monster Caper, who went for a swim. Caper has hated the water since the day I met her. When she was a tiny puppy and I picked her up from Winnipeg, I thought it would be fun to take her on a camping trip on the way home, so we stopped and camped in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, just the two of us. Our first morning together, the first thing I did was drive her to a lake so she would get used to the water right away. We found a lake, ran across the sand on the way to the water and just before taking the plunge, she skidded to a stop by digging in her heels. Since then, I have seen her swim in a pool (after me throwing her in) and chase a stick a little too far in a stream and have to swim back, that’s all.

On this warm summer day, Caper decided she was more than capable of walking along the edge of the canoe (no more than an inch wide) in a tight rope type fashion. With only three paws on the line, she fell over into the river. She had a wild panicked look in her eye as she swam back and forth trying to find a way back into the boat. Luckily for Caper, the water is warm and slow moving, so other than knocking her ego down a few pegs, it wasn’t too stressful for her.

Check out the pics. Also, please comment!! Everyone always tells me that they want to, so if you think of a smart ass remark, please write it down!!

Stubs.

Better not be what it looks like !!!!!
Uncle Buck

Comment by uncle Buck August 14, 2012 @ 2:48 pm

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