Easter Adventure: Canoeing

After Grounds for Sculpture and having lunch, Mac and I headed out for a canoeing adventure on Lake Carnegie. Mac and his roommates have a canoe that they leave out by the lake, and they leave the paddles in their apartment, so any of them can take it out whenever. Earlier in the week, Mac and I had joked about how we should have these newspaper hats for canoeing, so I went ahead and made a pair for us to wear. Here we are before heading out on the water:

Mac was in charge of steering and pointing out all of the wildlife.

I just had a good view and had to paddle forward for the most part. From campus, we went up past Alexander Road (whose bridge you can see here), and then back past the boathouse, almost to Harrison Street and then back to the apartments.

We were out on the water for almost 2 hours and got to see a ton of wildlife. Here are some diving birds (cormorants?) and a seagull:

And here are some turtles:

We also saw tons of geese and ducks, and Mac saw deer and a snake, but his eyes are much better than mine. It was a wonderful day to be out on the water. We also saw some other canoers and kayakers and some folks fishing on the banks. Everyone was in a good mood because the weather was truly outstanding.

It was an awesome Adventure Day!