Mighty Nice Day for a Boat Ride

Last weekend Janice and Art took all 3 of us girls on a canoe ride down the Willamette (pronounced "will-AAA-mitt") River. We made a whole day of it--canoeing, visiting a friend of Janice's, cherry-picking, and then dinner at Art's house. Janice and Art have been so wonderful to us girls, we can't say enough! Wildlife was abundant--bald eagles, osprey, great blue herons, and sandpipers--and the weather was warm and beautiful which made for a great day.

Preparing to go out...Shabbi and I strapped on our life vests while Kika thought she was a good enough swimmer without one...here we were just about to push off for our fun day canoeing the Willamette River with Janice and Art!

Janice took this pic of us girls (and there's Art in the background!) enjoying our trip down the river. Shabbi took it easy, pretty much napping the entire trip, while Kika couldn't resist checking out the sights.

Who says I don't earn my keep? Here I'm paddling away after a hearty lunchbreak and good stretch of the legs on a nearby sandbar. Shabbi was snoring so loudly on this leg of the trip that Janice said we had a motor for our boat!