You might think it would be pretty funny for a Midwestern girl to be talking about loving a new edition to our family being a boat. Well you see that boat is a canoe and my state just so happens to be named after our heritage of rivers and canoes. It is referred to “People of the Big Canoe” or “River of the Big Canoe” we even have a song about it!
We have 2 major rivers running through our state which you probably won’t find me on in our new canoe, but also a whole network of spring feed rivers and streams in the Ozark region of my state that you will find me on that is just a couple hours drive.
My hubby has been thinking of getting a canoe for a couple years but I think our vacation this summer kinda sealed the deal on how much he enjoys being out on a beautiful body of water with his family. The top two pictures are from upper New York in the Andirondack Mountains.
We also found that in a just a couple minutes we can just load her up on the old Subaru and head to a little lake in our own town when we want to do something as simple as a little water picnic like we did last Sunday.
It reminded me of a cherished book Bear’s Water Picnic from my own childhood reading- do you remember those classic “Weekly Reader” books of the 70’s? My boys enjoy it too and I thought one of you might like it as well.
So just another fun little contest here at the end of July, we need some name suggestions for our boat. Leave a comment between now and Saturday at midnight and I will draw a random person and send you your own copy of Bear’s Water Picnic. I will give you a bonus entry if you share with friends on-line who want to stop by and leave a comment and name suggestion too!
She is a lovely green Dagger boat with beautiful cherry wood trim. We are all quite smitten by her and so far she has proven herself well! What do you think a good name for her would be? Let me know and maybe you will win this sweet kids read that shows just how generous bear is with his friends and he even learns a thing of two on a little boat ride for a water picnic!
