It's Wednesday! Let's go to the lake!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love where we live!

I was feeling the need to run away today. So I threw some towels and the kids' swimsuits in the back of the car and we went to the lake after I picked them up from school.

April is great this year. It's starting to warm up, but it's clear and not humid. The bugs haven't arrived yet and the pollen is starting to abate a little. Spring and fall are the best time to be outside in the South!

The kids played in the water then moved up to the playground. I sat in my folding lawn chair. Now that I keep one in my car all the time, I'm always happy to go anywhere I can just sit outside while the kids play!

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That's Stand-Up Paddleboarding to you!

John and I went to Saluda Landing on Lake Saluda last weekend and took paddleboard lessons. Our instructor Jan of Upstate Paddleboard was great. He went over the basics of the board and paddle and then taught us how to get on and off the board, get up and down, and how to paddle correctly. It is pretty easy. It took about 5 minutes of paddling on my knees before I was ready to stand up.

We tooled around the lake for an hour and a half or so. It was a gorgeous day, but about 70 degrees so I wasn't interested in getting in the water, but John was and did get in. He said it was cold but not too bad.

After he got bored with rowing around, he got on the paddleboard with me. I paddled him and then he paddled me.

It's a lot of fun and now I'm saving up for my own. Especially since the weather is turning beautiful here and we have so many lakes around!