Oop..I forgot about kayaking:)

Sorry Laura. I completely forgot to add in our kayaking adventure. It was an adventure of true patience and faith when it came to kayaking this time. Shawn wanted to go kayaking and so when Laura & I made plans to go, I invited him and Jenn & Klif to go as well. Heather and Elicia wanted to come as well but had other plans, too bad. Well, Klif & Jenn were late due to the border and traffic, I was a little unimpressed but what can you do, right? Then all the way to the Kayaking place, we got all the red lights and on Dollarton Hwy, which should be a quick route, turned into the slowest due to honda guy who was going below the speed limit and there were no passing lanes for a long time. Everytime I called Laura to give her an update, she sounded less impressed with how this night was turning out but it wasn't any less fun on our end as well. We had until 7pm or they wouldn't let us go out and we arrived at 7:01 but they still let us go out, thankfully. Sad part, I was in a hurried, and irritated state by that time that I wasn't much of a kayaking partner for Shawn. Shawn & I were in a double, Klif & Jenn, a double and Laura, in her Pinta. I knew that Shawn would splash me the paddles when we were in the water and although I should have been good natured about it, I wasn't at all. Poor guy, at one point, I said to him, if you splash me with those paddles, we are done, friendship over! The thing about Shawn is that he gets concerned about offending or hurting other's feelings, so his reaction was sincere and he got all serious, "really? you would never speak to me again if I splashed you?" I felt bad for my initial reaction, so I just explained that I was being a stick in the mud and just was not in the mood to get wet. He still splashed me though, just to let you know. I was in the back steering because he had never kayaked before. I would see Laura, kayaking off in the distance, ahead of us, and just reflecting and enjoying her time on the water. Kayaking is so peaceful to me and it was fun kayaking with Shawn but I really love kayaking on my own, the double is too time consuming and exhausting. Klif & Jenn brought their camera along so we got a lot photos of us kayaking, resting, posing, etc. At the end of the night, I was concerned that we have to be back by 9pm but everyone was into staying out till the last possible moment. Laura, had left about a half hour before and so I was alone in my concern and we just stopped kayaking, brought our kayaks together and visited. It was fun, then we were taking turns of taking paddling shots. When it was 9 we raced into the harbor and Shawn & I won. Good times! As I got out the kayak I suddenly saw all these other kayakers come out the of woodwork. They paddled around the other side and we were the only ones to paddle up Indian Arm, apparently. Afterwards, we went out for supper to Bella Candela, this place is on Lonsdale, a block up from Lonsdale Quay and it has the best atmospehere, food, service, etc. We had a great time! Then we went to Shawn & Mark's for a bit and then came home. It was great hanging out with Jenn & Klif in Canada for a change. Next time Laura and I will have to kayaking by ourselves at W.O.W and just enjoy being on the water.