Teddy Bear Picnic

so, yesterday was pretty busy. two of our kids had a doctor's appointment, our youngest had her teddy bear picnic (kindergarten orientation), and since both my wife and i were taking the day off of work so that we could make it to the picnic we decided to go to Waldameer in the afternoon. since i wasn't going in to work and the i ddin't need to do the kid's stuff until 10am i decided that it would be a prefect morning to go kayaking.

in honor of our daughter going to kindergarten and our last teddy bear picnic i decided to do a teddy bear design. the day before yesterday i figured out a great bear design. the sketches look pretty cute, but the finished project looks more like a grumpy old bear that has seen better days. i don't know what my problem was yesterday. maybe it was because i haven't been kayaking enough lately or maybe i was just having an off day. whatever the reason, i had a very hard time keeping myself on course. that and the fact that i had to work around three fishing boats that all happened to be in key location made the cute little teddy bear very grumpy.

it started out well enough, but after making the first fishing boat adjustment i realized that i was quickly running out of room. i ended up squeezing the right side of the head to get it to fit in the lake. after that, it all went downhill.

looking at it now, it actually turned out better than i expected when i was making it. it is no where near as cute as i intended it to be when i designed it, but it is a lot better than i thought it would end up when i was struggling to make it. i think this may be one that i need to try again someday.

Today's Trip Stats and Map

p.s.  oh right... a busy day. i didn't post this yesterday because after kayaing at 6am, a doctor's appointment, the teddy bear picnic, an unscheduled trip to Claytopia, and an afternoon at Waldameer i was dead tired and had a screaming headache. it's not just because i'm lazy. although that is usually the case.