Today we changed location for the last time before heading for home. This last stop brings us to the National Park Weeribben for the Dutch Open Canoe Festival.
Since we haven’t paddled the whole week because of the weather we headed into the protective canals of the National Park. This place feels like home to us. We have spent thee years paddling these waters on vacations and just love the paddle friendly wilderness of this area.
We stopped made coffee along our route and talked to another couple here to enjoy the weekend.
Then the sky opened up halfway through our paddle. Not an issue we slowed and put our rain gear on. I stuffed my polarized sunglasses into the dry bag and continued paddling in the rain. Getting soaked is part of paddling and as the water started to puddle on the dry bag and then drip onto my pant legs (which were already soaked) I quickly picked up my dry bag and went and tossed the puddles water along with something black over the side of the boat! At first thinking it was the key to my bike I was very upset. Then realizing it was my glasses was still upset but more about my beginner mistake. I had not closed the dry bag when I placed my sunglasses in it.
It was a humbling experience.
The good thing is the rain stopped and we had a nice 7km paddle.
Now, on to enjoy our weekend and see some cool canoes and friends.
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Opps!
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Oh no! I’m assuming a nice fish is now wearing your sunglasses!
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Yup, I am sure he/she fish is looking great with my expensive shades. LOL
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Hopefully, we learn from our mistakes. Then it is actually a positive experience.
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As mad as I was at myself I am sure it will be a lesson I will not soon repeat.
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We all have made those kinds of mistakes at one time or another….but I’m glad it wasn’t your keys!
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Me too! It would not have been a happy ending to our vacation.
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Guessing diving in was out of the question hehehe – my sun glasses have been with me for a long time and more importantly been with me for some difficult running experiences – they feel like an old friend that is always with me regardless of whatever stupid situations I tend to get myself in – even made Linda go back to the race course for them recently when the ambulance drivers forgot to grab them when they were hauling my carcass of the trail. Like the comment above, imagine the surprise the fisherman is going to get when he looks at his line and sees a fish wearing shades.
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Nope! No diving for a $60 pair of glasses. Funny thing is when we had stopped for coffee earlier we saw a pair in the bottom of the canal and tried to fish them out with the paddle. All we did was stir up the mud. I bet it would be pretty shocking seeing a huge crap wearing polarized sunglasses.
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Oh no I broke my polarised sunnies last year when I placed them in my life jacket leaned over to grab the riverbank and smashed them on the side of the kayak. If I had of left them on my head they would have been fine
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