For the past three years, we have gathered the camping gear and the canoes and headed for Kinzua Reservoir. It is one the Heathens favorite places. Every year, we load the canoes with all the gear and paddle to a "boat only" camp ground. It is so peaceful and quiet and we simply turn the Heathens loose into the woods and water.
We had a new member of the paddling team this year:
We took the Travelocity Gnome with us. He was a huge hit with everyone we saw. We had wanted to take him to Assateague with us, but he didn't arrive in time. The Gnome spent the trip as a hood ornament on Heathen #1's kayak.
Since we were able to spend an extra day on the lake, we took a day trip with the Heathens and paddled across the state line and into New York. We went to the Onoville Marina for ice cream (it's only 5 miles each way...) Onoville does have a really cool feature - they have a bald eagle that makes it's nest at the marina every year. We saw it flying, but never low enough to get a picture. The nest area was posted around on the shore side, and there were buoys around the water side.
This year, we had a really cool neighbor named Mike. Mike built his own house boat and lives at the lake for weeks at a time. He goes home for breakfast and supper, and his wife comes out for the night about once a week and gathers up his dirty clothes. He was quite a hoot! In this photo, Mike is showing the Asst. Zookeeper his $7 map of the lake that was supposed to show him the good fishing spots.
The Heathens are already making plans for what they want to do at the lake next year. I can't wait to see what they come up with!
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