After several years of borrowing canoes from friends, we FINALLY have our own now!

We thank all of our friends for their loaners throughout the years! But now it's great to have our own at-the-ready for whenever we want to go out for a paddle.

The first outing with our new toy was to the Sticky River in Standish.

With my sister-in-law and her family still visiting, we had a large group (10 of us altogether) so everyone had to take turns on our new ride.

The younger girls really enjoyed paddling by the lily pads out on the river to pick flowers. The activity did require a few reminders about not tipping the boat to lean over the edge to pick one.

While the other kids were waiting on the shore for their turn in the canoe, they each managed to find something else fun to do...

... like catching frogs

... sitting on the 'mermaid rock'

... and catching fish

C. was more than pleased to have caught the largest fish of the day from our group! And actually, C. has caught more fish than any of her siblings or parents on this trip to Maine. Way to go C.!

And boy was it nice simply to kick back and enjoy the day by the water.

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Hanging out on the Sticky River