ku # 773-76 ~ 4 more reasons, picture wise, why I don't like the Jersey Shore

Water break ~ Bog River / Low's Lake - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Intrepid paddler ~ Bog River / Low's Lake - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenPlease forgive me, re: more Hugo paddling pictures. Although, some of these pictures are just flat out nice landscape pictures, but I just have to give Hugo his props.

The kid just takes to a canoe like a duck to water. I'm sure that there are other 5-years-olds out there somewhere that have undertaken a wilderness solo canoe trip but I haven't met/seen any of them. Neither had quite a number of other paddlers we passed along the way. To say the least, they were quite surprised - some even rather stunned - to encounter a little kid paddling his own canoe.

As we paddled along, other paddlers were inclined to spontaneously comment along the lines of, "How old are you?", "We're proud of you", "Keep up the good work, kid" along with a few quiet exclamations of "holy shit!".

On the last day of our trip as we were approaching the take-out, Hugo mentioned that, "If I were a skeleton, my arms would be falling off." And, to give him his props - I give him lots of credit for pushing his limits.

Way to go, kid.

Comments

[Bill Gotz]

Wow, what a kid. I love the skeleton line.

[Jimmi Nuffin]

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