Sophie Goes Canoeing | #WobblyWednesday
Guys! You won’t believe what I did last Friday! I went CANOEING! Mom and Dad got me a special life vest for it and everything. They also said if the trip went well, we would go canoeing more often, and that Kylo Ren might get his own life vest and get to go too!
So… what did I think about canoeing? I LOVED it! I was a little nervous at first since it was my first time in a canoe, but I soon realized how awesome it was, and I settled in for a super fun adventure. Let me tell you all about it!
Before we left the house, Mom packed a bag for us with all the essentials – my leash and harness, treats (for me and for Mom and Dad), a towel, water, a water bowl for me, and an umbrella to shade me if it got too hot. We headed out to Amerson River Park, which we’ve been to a couple of times, and put the canoe in at the designated canoe put-in spot. We knew there was another canoe spot a ways down the river to get out, but we weren’t sure how far it was. We were true adventurers that day – just going with the flow, if you catch my drift… 😉 We found out later that the canoe trail we followed was 2 miles long.
Along the way, we stopped at a couple of beaches. Here I am modeling my life vest on the first beach we stopped at. What do you think? I like how it matches my eyes.
As we traveled down the river, we saw all kinds of neat things – a turtle, some fishies, birdies, and even a snake!
At one point, the water got really shallow – like just 3-4 inches deep. I was standing in the bottom of the canoe looking over the edge, and I saw something that I just had to have on the bottom of the river, so I jumped in! I had to act fast before Mom could stop me. Well, I stood there in the river for a few seconds and then realized what a mistake I had made. That water was WET! Yuck! I turned right around and climbed back in the canoe (with Mom’s help, of course). We stopped at another beach soon after, and I got a chance to clean myself off…
Mom and Dad still gave me a bath when we got home though. Bummer. That almost made the trip not worth it. Okay, not really. I truly enjoyed myself. It was so relaxing to take in all the scenery and watch the world pass me by.
When we finally got to the ending point of the trip, I tried to jump out of the canoe again! Apparently I hadn’t learned my lesson the first time.
We were thinking that we were going to have to walk back to our car (which was parked over at the place where the adventure began) and then drive it back over to get the canoe, but thankfully there were some nice people who were also ending their canoe trip at the same time who drove us back to our car. Next time we will take two cars so we can leave one at the ending point and one at the starting point. We learned that lesson!
Anyway, I can’t WAIT to go canoeing again! Hopefully it will happen again sometime soon.
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Wow, Sophie! What a great catventure you had!! Well, maybe not the wet part, MOL!
That lifevest look purrty on you, too:)
We need to get some huggy pictures…off we go…meowmy??
Wow, Sophie! You are SO lucky! I would love to try canoeing, but I don’t know if there is anywhere nearby for us… not to mention the fact that my human thinks any excursion out of town needs to have three or four stars attached to it! She’s not too good with nature.
What a fun adventure! I grew up in a house next to a river and had a canoe, so that was a day pastime when I was a kid. One of the best times of my life was taking the canoe and a book to my “reading tree” across the river, and enjoying the wildlife and water. I’m jealous!
I can’t believe you went canoeing! I have a hard enough time getting the cats in the crate to take them to the vet Lol! I can only imagine the shock and look on your face when you went in the water 😉 But well done to you and your humans for taking you on such an awesome adventure!
Oh wow, Sophie! You are the coolest kitty ever! What a fun adventure – glad you enjoyed canoeing. You are so brave to jump in the river. Sorry you got wet and had to take bath afterwords, but what a great experience! You look very cute in the life vest. The color matches your eyes purrfectly 🙂 I hope you get to go canoeing again soon, and Kylo Ren, too!
A great adventure for Sophie! 🙂
sophie…how….total…..lee….kewl….iz…..thiz !!!!!!!! we new ewe wood knot be scared coz we can still rememburr when ya drived de speed boat at like 103 MPH that one summer !!! rememburr…
two bad ya dinna get ta due any fishin tho…hay. may bee next trip yur mom & dad will stop de boat fora few and ya CAN due sum fishin…..just dont catch a snakez tho…..THAT wood be scaree ☺☺☺♥♥♥
WTG Sophie!! You are the luckiest kitty to get to go on so many wonderful adventures.
Hugs madi your bfff
you have the greatest adventures Sophie!!! (btw – mom saw a cat last night at the shelter where she volunteers and it made her think of Kylo Ren)
Wow, you jumped IN? What a brave kitty! It looks like it was quite a fun adventure!
What an adventurer you are Sophie! Looks like you had a great time and got your first “swim” in a river too……I bet you were the only cat in a canoe that day!
Pawsome
Hugs, Sammy
WOW Sophie it looks like you had lots of fun
Wow! What an amazing adventure! And how brave of you jump into the water! What was it you saw there that you had to have? Was it a fishie?
What a fun adventure!! I love all your pictures! I hope to see photos of other canoe adventures during the warm weather!
Oh my stars, Sophie! You are such a brave girl! This is such an awesome adventure.
This has to be my favorite thing I’ve seen all week! So adorable and the little life vest! Aww, makes me want a adventure kitty!
It sounds like a lot of fun- except for the seeing a snake part. You look so cute in your life vest.
Sophie, you’re such an amazing kitty! I’m glad the water was shallow when you jumped in. You must have seen something very enticing to do that. You lead quite the fun life!
I just loved this story, and the photos were absolutely terrific!! I just LOVE the idea of taking a kitty on adventures, and canoeing is something I don’t think I ever would have guessed a kitty would enjoy! What an amazing kitty and two owners who clearly love her to the moon!!
What an amazing adventure! You are so brave too! I don’t know many kitty cats that would venture into a canoe!
I imagine your mom about had a heart attack when you jumped into the river! Glad you enjoyed the canoe trip.
What a pawsome adventure, Sophie! Well, ‘cept for jumping in the river. Bet you won’t do that again.
THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!
We are SO jealouse you got to go on a wobbly adventure! Oh man I never get chances like that * sigh *
You are pawsome. I love that Sophie had a blast and love her little life jacket. I am sharing this on the BlogPaws facebook page, too!
I think that is fantastic! Why should dogs get to have all the fun? I admit that I’ve never even thought about taking my cat on any adventures like that, but I’ve taken my dogs canoeing and camping before.
Mr. N has been canoeing with us too. He doesn’t believe in jumping in the water though!
I love the suit has a handle! I would use it all the time if I could get it on my Jamima. I’m one-handed, so I don’t think that’s going to happen!
Wow what an adventure. I am not sure Nala would have let me put on a life jacket but that one looks really good.
Sounds like you had a great adventure Sophie! I want to get a cat eventually and I hope she can do things like go on canoe trips as well!
it sounds like a lovely day!
Sophie has the best adventures – I can’t believe she jumped into the water though, that must have given you quite a fright.
What!!! You go on the COOLEST adventures! You look like a turtle, Sophie! All of us at the Cat Palace are jealous. xoxo, Weeble, Yoda aka BB8 aka Salem, Leia aka Pikachu, Callie, Kitty, Lemon!
Sophie, you never cease to amaze us. That looks like so much fun. What an adventure you had. There is a blogging cat who goes kayaking with his humans. Your life vest is super cool. Sure happy you had that on since you took the plunge. Astrid is sending Sampy all her love and 3456789087654234321232123456789098765456789098765435678909876543236789087654387654345678909876543456789 kisses. Love and hugs to all from all of us.
So cute! Love the life vest!