Sea Kayaking

New World Centre
Location: Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec

I made reservations for an afternoon sea kayaking package at New World Centre for my family. We got there a bit early and enjoyed some smoked meat sandwiches. After we changed, we waited at the reception centre and played a family game of jitz while we waited for our guide. Katie and I won all three games!

We rode in the backseats of a pickup with the driver, our guide, and another worker from New World that wanted to try out sea kayaking, in the front. The car towed our six kayaks to a boat ramp by the side of the water.

The guide showed us how to wear our skirts. Then we got a life jacket, helmet and a paddle. Adjusting the seat was tricky for my mother and I because we happened to get the bigger skirts for the bigger kayaks. Once we were all ready, we sat in our kayaks one by one and were pushed off the ramp into the water.

The first thing we did on the water was cover some basic strokes. All of a sudden, the sky got dark and you could see a sheet of rain moving across the water. It rained really hard for about ten minutes but we all wore windbreakers and only got our arms wet. The sky quickly cleared up and the guide let us to two inlets where we explored the water further inland. Coming back, the four of us had a race but we started off too close to one another and only my dad was successful at pulling away for the win.


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