Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Memories!

This canoe has made many journeys down the St. Croix River loaded with food, kids, and adults.  Despite one tipping accident when we lost a cooler of food and my Minolta 35m camera, no-one was hurt.  Memories: lunching on sandbars, swimming in the river, being towed behind a boat during a dangerous storm, racing for shore to escape rain and lightening, introducing a grandchild to canoeing for the first time, gliding down the river in a flotilla with friends, canoeing Minnehaha Creek when the water was high, being the lone canoeist during an early morning ride, and countless other trips in Minnesota. Now the canoe is way too heavy for Jim and me to hoist it easily atop our car or portage when necessary.  Can't seem to let go of it so it sits in our backyard as a memorial to our canoeing adventures.  I suppose we could sell it!
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  1. Sharon8:04 AM

    Sounds like you have some great memories of this canoe.

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  2. Leif Hagen8:40 AM

    NO!!!! U can't sell it! Maybe we should have a CDP blogger canoe party?! I love to canoe! I'm in "nirvana" when I paddle my parents' canoe on their little lake in Wisconsin!

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  3. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com9:05 AM

    When I took Julie to meet my brother and his family for the first time, we went on a Boundary
    Waters canoe trip. It was her first, and only, camping trip. It is a long story, but suffice it to say that it was the biggest travel planning mistake I ever made.

    I understand your reference to carrying the canoe during portages. When we had a long portage, Julie lagged behind. When we went back for the next load, we discovered the canoe that Julie was supposed to be carrying, lying against a fallen tree that obstructed the trail and which she was unable to climb over with the canoe. Julie had left the canoe there and had gone back to carry something that she felt was more suited to her -- the fishing poles. It is a good thing my brother's 12 year-old daughter, raised in Minnesota, was along to carry Julie's share of the supplies.

    That was just the beginning. There is a lot more to the story.

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  4. Judy10:18 AM

    Such great memories! That's what we love, making memories. I find that the pictures I take help to keep even the oldest of memories fresh in my mind. I can't blame you for wanting to hang on to the canoe.

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  5. B SQUARED1:59 PM

    It deserves a more fitting end.

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  6. Lowell1:59 PM

    I've seen many canoeists on the St. Croix...in fact, we sat on a bluff and watched them while on our honeymoon so many, many years ago! Never did it ourselves, though.

    Yes, you could sell it, but why? Maybe trade it in for a lighter vessel?

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  7. Halcyon2:03 PM

    It sounds like you really have had some great adventures in that canoe. I guess this would be similar to me trying to get rid of some old golf clubs.

    I say hold onto it. Maybe you could incorporate it into your yard. Turn it into a flower bed or something. :)

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  8. brattcat7:06 PM

    When the right party comes along you'll know it and you'll sigh to see the canoe leave but you'll know it's gone to the right home. Until then...do exactly what you've done today, look at it and remember the wonderful times it gave you.

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  9. Hilda2:26 AM

    Or you can turn it into one big flower pot. It would look great overflowing with blossoms. :)

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