The Great Outdoors
This summer, in addition to a vacation at Cape May with my extended family, we also went to Shepherd Lake twice (in June and August), and we had our annual church camp-out at Stokes State Forest. All in all, we had ourselves some good times this summer.
The past few times we've gone to Shepherd Lake, I've rented row boats, which has proved to be a great deal of fun. This time, I went for the canoes, and that proved to be a bit more challenging. I also tried a kayak with my wife, who lasted just a few minutes before deciding that she wanted to ride in something a bit further away from the water! 
Still, the whole kayak experience peaked our interest, so we're thinking of getting a kayak of our own. As with any hobby, it seems that there's a whole lot more to making a purchase than first meets the eye. Since it's just a starter craft, however, we're not going to get carried away with anything extravagant, but we're going to try out an inflatable. (I had no idea until this past Sunday that there was even any such thing as an inflatable kayak!)
We're going to start with the Sea Eagle 330 and see how things go from there. We're also considering white-water rafting for next year's summer of family fun agenda. Over the past 3 or 4 years, we have moved away from the whole amusement park thing, and gone totally into the nature/outdoors thing, and we have found that the kids just love it. Plus, it costs less overall.
We still hope to get one more activity in before the official end of summer, and it might involve the Sea Eagle...
About Logik!
Andrew S. Baker aka ASB aka Logik!
Andrew is an accomplished, hands-on executive with broad technology expertise and proven track record of generating sustainable business results through implementation of effective processes and controls, design and deployment of superior technology infrastructure, and strategic and tactical leadership of IT teams.
He regularly provides thought leadership on business and technology issues via mailing lists, technical forums, blogs, professional networking groups, as well as contributions to podcasts, webinars, and technical/business magazine articles. Additionally, Andrew holds active roles on several boards and committees for non-profit organizations, and within the Seventh-day Adventist church.
His personal interests include Astronomy, Basketball, Bible Study, Chess, Comics, Computers,
Family Life Ministries, Reading, Strategy/Role Playing games, and Professional Networking...
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