Re: [Paddlewise] Kayaks for kids

At 11:06 PM 12/1/00 -0600, Rob Dee wrote:
>On 12/1/00 Dave Williams asked:
>

>
>When I take my great nieces and nephews out ( ages 4 to 9 ) on my Hobie
>Pursuit SOT.... you would think I had re-invented the word
>adventure...They love it!

A couple of years ago we rented a vacation home at the outer banks that was
right on the sound.   I rented a SOT for the surf but took it out into flat
water of
the sound with my, then 2 1/2 year old niece sitting in front of me, and
paddle
out a couple hundred feet  to get a closer look at an osprey nest.   She was
very nervous at first but wanted to go out again as soon as we got back.

She and her family were here for a visit last weekend and when I brought
my paddle out to get ready for a pool session she picked it up, and started
to wave it back and forth and asked "this is how you do it, right?"    She was
obviously paying attention.   She loves the water so I'm hoping the next time
she visits when the water is warm to get her back in a kayak.



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