I helped set a Guinness World Record!
Today I was informed that the count is in and 1, 618 other people and I completed the largest raft of canoes and kayaks on June 5, 2010.
That may have been one of the craziest days of my life. I started the morning by driving down to the north shore at 8 am. I signed in and hung around for a while waiting. At 10 I got to claim my kayak. By 11:30 we hit the water. The attempt was supposed to wait until 12:30, by weather was worsening, so things were sped up. By 12:40 the rain was pouring down and people were racing back to shore; things got quite chaotic. I teenager in a kayak beside me capsized. I helped him stay in place, and hang onto his kayak till more help came. He was wearing a life jacket, and there were plenty of people around, so he was in good hands. Soon after we were all back to shore the thunder and lightening started. When I got back to shore, Brooklynne and my mom met me and we went out to lunch.
By 5 pm, the rain had slowed and I went over to Hartwood for my first 5k. The skirt chaser 5k, where all the girls get free skirts and get a 3 minute head start, then the guys chase after them. As I was rounding out the last mile, Brooklynne tried to join me, and that slowed me down more then my athletic ineptitude alone. I finished in 45 minutes, went back and carried Brooklynne across the finish line.
By that point I was ready to hit the sack, but the day wasn’t over yet. I went back down to the point for a free Guster concert as part of the opening weekend of the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
