Looks like the Prebble family is going to get one last trip in before Summer fades away. We’re headed to Manheim this weekend for the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. We’ll get to see what it’s like when people make a living out of their SCA hobby. I’m not mocking the SCA by any means… I once wanted to join right before I learned I’d have to make my own garb. My fear of screwing up textiles held me back.

I took my pansy-ass self to Kettle Creek last weekend for some kayaking, but not before spending a night in a relative’s camp and then clearing trees from a road at 6:30AM. Fishermen are insane. When I arrived at Kettle Creek, there were already 12 boats in the water and the boat launch was nearly dry, meaning they got there a whole heck of a lot earlier than I did. I met up with a member of the Penn Kayak group to paddle around and check out some wildlife. The only thing I really learned is that my kayak is woefully inadequate when paddling alongside faster boats. The poor guy had to stop just to let me catch up.

So now the dilemma… New touring boat next season or new whitewater boat? If I go for a touring boat, I’ll sell my current Stingray. If I go whitewater, I’ll keep the Stingray around for lake paddles since whitewater boats kinda suck at that.