This past weekend I started my ACA Whitewater Kayak Instructor's course in Cullowhee, NC. I was really wound up about the event and decided it would do me some good to head up there a day early and do some on-river work on the Nantahala. The first weekend of the course really went well and the instructors did a good job of putting the class of 10 at ease. We me for 4 hours Friday night with lectures, 4 hours Sat. AM with lectures and student presentations and 4 hours on a lake SAT PM with stroke and roll work. Sunday AM had a couple of hours of lecture and student presentations and then back out to the lake.
More to come next weekend. I need to spend some time this week on the lake here at home perfecting my "modeling" of strokes and also to complete some homework of reading and developing a presentation of bow surfing for next weekend.
Zooming back out to the retirement perspective, it still seems like I have a full-time job. I haven't found much time yet to sit and wonder what I'm going to do. There are always some projects to take care of, appointments to keep and deadlines to meet. I spent all day yesterday catching up on email and CCC business and today, even the trip to the lake will entail dropping by the dump with garbage and recyclables. The cupboards and fridge are getting a little bare so a grocery run is in the near future. In another day or so, I'll need to start repacking camping gear for next weekend.
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