On the river Saturday

The temperature is about 20 degrees cooler than it’s supposed to be, but the sun was shining and a group of us decided to spend the day kayaking. We weren’t sure until the morning if this was going to work or not because it pretty much rained all day Friday. So first things first. We had to meet for breakfast and Bloody Marry’s and then discuss our plan. With our bellies way too full, we were going to head to the river. And when we got on the water, I’m telling you that it was perfect! Like I said the sun was shining and we had a great time! We spent the day just kind of floating down the river and catching up with everyone’s lives. Some of us haven’t seen each other for the whole summer and to a girl.. well you know that’s a long time! We ended up boating on a different part of the Upper Iowa  and I don’t know if it was because of the cooler weather or if it was the location, but us five girls had the whole river to ourselves. Score!! But also with all the rain that we have had these past few days, we knew that we didn’t want to tip because the water was really cold. Luck was on our side no one did tip their boat. Now Decorah is kind of famous for their bald eagles and not only can you see them flying around when you’re in the area, but you can usually see one or two when you’re on the river. Today we had one flying around in the trees and then he took off right about our heads. I grabbed the camera and literally just hit the button to take a picture. One of the girls said that this should be a great shot, but honestly I didn’t even know if I got the bird in the picture. You know it was one of those times when you think – that really could have been a good picture but I’m not holding my breath? Yea, one of those times. But I did get the bird in the picture and it’s the photo of the day. Check it out