Who says there is no water in the desert? Well, there really isn't much, but there are a few reservoirs east of Phoenix where the Salt and Verde rivers are dammed that create some really cool "lakes."
I love outdoor adventures, but considering how hard I am training right now, its really hard to fit anything in that involves additional stress on the legs. So when my Dad suggested taking their new kayaks out for a spin, I was excited. I did a 20 mile run Monday morning on the heels of
Sunday's 15K race, so I was a bit tired and looking forward to a relaxing afternoon on the water.
We paddled around for a few hours and had a really great time. I have no interest in whitewater kayaking, but cruising around on lakes is more my style. Its a fairly good upper body workout as well.
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Jeep locked and loaded |
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Ready for launch |
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Out on Canyon Lake |
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Awesome desert scenery |
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Gotta have peanut M&Ms to fuel the motor |
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We stopped here for some fishing... |
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And lunch - diet dew, gatorade, and chicken. |
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Relaxing on the water |
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Kicking back |
My parents and I also went to a spring training (cactus league) baseball game on Saturday - Rangers vs. White Sox. I'm not really a big baseball guy, but it was really fun to just sit outside on a nice 80 degree day in March!
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Camelback Ranch main field |
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Coolest restaurant ever - pictures of dogs everywhere! |
Awesome pictures Jake. I am incredibly jealous of both activities.
ReplyDeleteI take it your not giving up your beloved Mountain Dew as a part of your Boston training. :-)
Definitely not giving up the dew this time around! One of my friends suggested the lack of dew in my body might have been my downfall in the last 5K @ Philly :-)
DeleteWe were just at Canyon Lake a few weeks ago, after the Arizona Marathon. It's gorgeous. And I thought the same thing. Where the heck did this water come from?!
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