38 Years of Marriage

Today is our 38th wedding anniversary and we make it a full day. We start by kayaking the Bow River right out our back door to the Bearspaw Marina about 18 km down stream. We are able to put the wheels on our kayaks and wheel them from our house to the river. 

Wheels make it so easy to transport the kayaks.

We invite our neighbor, Dan, to join us and it is an absolute magnificent run through  gorgeous landscapes and a few sets of rapids. It's the first time we have ever kayaked a fast moving river like this and it's great for our confidence on the water.

Bow River widens out near our take out point

We are on the river about 3 hours and the end section is very calm and wide allowing a few photos.

Dan and Chris enjoying the calm glorious day.

Once at the Bearspaw Dam, we again put the wheels on and have about a kilometer haul to our truck, which we dropped off earlier at Haskayne Park.

Dan doesn't have kayak wheels so we drape Dan's kayak over ours and we successfully get all our gear back to the truck. 

Team effort gets the kayaks back to the truck

Almost to the truck dropped earlier at Haskayne Park

We head home for a quick rest before our good friends ,Carmen and Dave, arrive for dinner. These guys are some of our original Calgary friends from 1988. We were both married in 1987 within a week of each other and have celebrated together many times over the years. They treat us to rib eye steaks and champagne. So fun as usual.

Chris, Carmen, Dave and Sheila - anniversary buddies

It's a late night filled with great company and fine food :)