yfritz's Journal, 29 May 2022

Sacagawea embarked on her very first kayak voyage today. The rental booth lad was not concerned. “Just wing it,” said he. Briefly I regretted my ponytail; I should have worn my signature pigtails to invoke the Shoshone’s navigation aptitude. Oh well, off I went.
The river was calm. The birds were gliding a few inches above the water surface. Turtles were sunbathing. The craft appeared to respond well to my will. Maybe too well. This Sacagawea was always drawn to those partially submerged trees, and they were particularly alluring today that I went too close to the tangled vegetation against my better judgment. That’s when I remembered. Moving water is powerful and I am a mere dust in this universe. In other words, my kayak was trapped. Just because it was trapped does not mean that the kayak remained stationary. It kept moving towards more ominous direction. My priority at that point was to protect my eyes from those merciless tree branches that looked so lovely from the distance. Water splashed on my face and it was salty. On a positive note, I got to sight an alligator (!) but I was more worried about my drill sergeant’s wrath. He did not think I was ready for unsupervised activities and it appeared that I was proving him right. But please be fair. I remained calm. Water can be your friend, you just have to let it do its thing. When I was six I almost drowned and I remember that I instinctively let water carry me, which saved my life. Today water was kind to me again, it extricated my kayak and the view ahead of me eventually became free of obstacles.
I am really really hoping that my life somehow corrects its direction too. I want to see a view without obstacles for once. Can water help me see that? Is that why I placed myself near the ocean?
Sacagawea, per Wikipedia, “had become sickly and longed to revisit her native country.”

(The alligator photo is dedicated to @TJHenggeler🎸)

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641 kcal

Fat: 22.97g | Prot: 36.64g | Carb: 72.16g.   Breakfast: Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt, Coffee with Cream, Bob's Red Mill Old Country Style Muesli. Lunch: Haig's Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Wasa Light Rye Crispbread. Dinner: Marie Callender's Grilled Chicken Alfredo Bake Bowl. more...