Last Friday I saw a coupon on the Living Social site for 1/2 off paddle board rentals at Jordanelle Reservoir and purchased 4 of the coupons almost immediately. (Which I'm glad I did since they told me there were 600 coupons put on the sight and they sold out in a day and a half.) I have always wanted to try this so I was pretty excited to give it a go. I quickly found out that it's a lot harder than it looks and my 2nd key learning was that I'd lost all ability to balance...haha. I was proud that I actually achieved the standing position twice but the second time I quickly ended up in the lake...I'm not sure that I ever actually paddled from the standing position. Nick however was a pro and loved it. Hailey was a little freaked out about being in the middle of the lake on this little board and didn't want to try to stand up...which is ironic since she is the competitive swimmer in the family. Brian was doing pretty well until he wiped out watching me wipe out and then watched his oar sink to the bottom completely out of sight...I'm thinking they should have warned us the oars didn't float and he probably would've gone after it faster. They did end up charging him less than they wanted to because the company they ordered the oars from didn't tell them they did not float like normal oars either...so with the oar charge we pretty much paid what the original cost would've been without the coupon. Oh well, it was a very fun way to spend the afternoon!
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