Kayaking on Lake Ontario and Etobicoke Creek on Thanksgiving Day

I woke up late in the morning of Thanksgiving Day around 9:30am, Aaron was not around. Wondering where he is, I made a call. He told me he was by the water near home at Maria Curtis park on the beach. He was just finishing a two hours kayaking on the lake. I said, wait for a minute, I will meet you there.

 

I walked to the water front, Aaron landed the kayak for me on the beach, pushed me away, here I was on the clam water which was like a mirror and so clear that you can see through the lake bed. It is amazing that I can see everything on the lake bed-the small rocks,sands,moss, even the wave prints one layer after another. It is cristal clear and so calm. What a perfact day for kayaking on it.

 

I enjoyed rowing the kayak slowly by the shore and let the kayak floating on the water by itself time to time. It is so relaxing just watching the sea gulls, the Canadian geese flying above, the blue water under the blue sky and sunshine. The lake is big as an ocean and at the horizon the water and the sky look like together. I can't help to recite a famous Chinese peom of Tang Dinasty-the autumn's water is the same color as the broad sky, the setting sun is the background of a flying solo heron.

 

Aaron was walking along the beach on the shore, he was watching and taking picture for me. Time to time he called out,don't go too far away. Didn't listen to him, I rowed away the shore and to the rocks at the end of the beach. I just didn't want the time passing by, I wanted to stop at this enjoyable,peaceful moment. Chasing the geese and some sea gulls on the small rocks, I was farer and stil I could see the water bottom, it made me feel safe. The water was not that cold under the warm sun.

 

At the corner of those big rocks, I couldn't see Aaron,it became a little bit choppy,then I turned around,rowed back to Etobicoke creek mouth, again Aaron was on the shore following me and made sure I was ok. Slowly I rowed into Etobicoke creek, passed the wooden bridge, Aaron took pictures for me on the bridge, I kept rowed up stream until it was too shallow to row.

 

Finally I rowed back to the dock, landed, satisfied. While I was taking a break on the bench, Aaron loaded the kayak on his SUV.

 

It was time for a blunch back home.