Kayaking

So we got sea kayaks for my uncle's lake house in New York. Dude, Kayaking is the hit. I was the only one with the guts to brave the cold- wimps. It was really windy, but the boat cut through the water easily. The wind generated a bunch of waves on the lake that I could surf. That was awesome, you get going like 10 or 15 mph when you paddle real hard and you're right in front of a wave. It makes you feel like a Native Alaskan walrus hunter. For all of you who've never tried it, kayaking pretty much the aquatic equivalent of backpacking- the perfect combination of water and human.