Paddle Boarding Adventures

A couple of friends invited us to go paddle boarding with them Sunday afternoon. Obviously, we were all over that. I had to switch gears since I was planning on having a completely lazy Sunday, but this ended up being sooo much more fun. I'm so glad we went! I wish we would've gotten a group picture of the six of us, but one of our friends was kind enough to snap a couple of shots of Parker and me. 

Things I learned about paddle boarding:

1. It's surprisingly easy. I can't do water sports to save my life- I can't water ski, knee board, and I've never tried to wake board, but I am pretty sure that would fall under the "can't do" list as well. I expected to fall off while paddle boarding multiple times, and that wasn't the case. All six of us had a really easy time standing up. With the exception of Parker pushing me off the board to be funny, it was smooth sailing.

2. Your arms will be sore the next day. Very, very sore. In my self-defense, we paddle boarded for four hours (a lot of that was against the wind and current), but maybe I'm just a wimp because Parker wasn't sore at all. My arms are probably the weakest part of my body, so being sore the next morning didn't come as a shock.

3. You will get sunburned if you ask Parker or me to apply your sunscreen. Parker and I each applied spray on sunscreen for the other. Let's just say we failed epically. The spray can was running low and we did a poor job of rubbing it in, so we each have very sporadic sunburns.

Aside from the soreness and newly heightened chance of skin cancer, paddle boarding was a blast! We had so much fun with our new friends, and it was great to get out there and do something different. If you ever have the opportunity, I highly recommend it!