Eaten garden and paddleboarding.

Something ate this. A deer? A rabbit? Those damn rabbits. So cute, yet so hungry.

I took the morning off and went paddleboarding with Kristen at Black Hills. We tried to get out early as it was going to be hot and we had a great time. A lot of talking on the paddleboards, some paddling – I’m actually kind of nervous standing on the board, I’m much more comfortable on my knees or sitting, but I’m practicing and did not fall in not-on-purpose. We may have taken a dip in the middle of the lake on purpose. The lake was quiet, but not empty. I love doing these things on the weekdays. Great day! Poor Elka, she saw that I was packing up to go somewhere fun and she loves going on hikes with Kristen, and I would have love to have taken her, but she isn’t trained to actually go on a paddleboard. I’m hoping to work on that in the next few weeks.

Sometimes, it’s a pain to do these things, like you gotta lug your stuff out of the garage and then lug it to the body of water and then pump up the board and then get wet, but it’s actually not that bad and the reward is wonderful. Kristen actually has an electric pump for her board and I pumped my board by hand faster than the electric pump – so, I impressed myself. I also touched plants with my body and really, really scrubbed down in the shower afterwards and I’m hoping to ward off my summer streak of poison ivy (which is still bothering me and won’t be 100% cleared by the time I finish my course of steroids, but it’s much, much better than it would have been.)