During our trip to California a couple of weeks ago we spent a day at River Bend Park on the American River, east of Sacramento:
Grandma and Ben enjoyed a view of the canoe and the river bank,
Maddie napped,
Our friend Dave led Ben on a hunt for the wild turkeys that roam the park,
And our friend Rod, who, among other things is a canoeing instructor for the Red Cross, led Nathan and me on a short paddle down the American River, while Grandma played with the babies in the park. I paddled through my first Class 1 rapids–huzzah!
Nathan came up with an amazing picnic menu of hummus, tortillas, and various veggies, which I was too busy eating to photograph.
Good food, good company, good paddling, good to be outside all day. Yes.