Sea Kayaking

We've been trying to make ourselves get out of the house more and explore some of the fun things to do in our area. Today we went to the Berkeley Marina and walked down the very long pier (it's over half a mile long) where lots of people were fishing. One guy caught a pretty big flounder, but we didn't see any evidence that anyone else was catching things.

Then we walked over to check out a couple of places that rent sail boats, windsurfing equipment and sea kayaks. We rented a two-seater sea kayak, hauled it down to the water (it was really heavy) and plopped it in the water. We paddled around for half an hour before our arms started to get too tired from paddling.

We didn't realize that water would get in the boat - when we were done our bottoms and Ed's wallet were soaking wet. Luckily, the woman at the rental place didn't mind when we paid with soaking wet money.

Next on our list of Bay Area attractions:

• Ride our bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge


• See the glass exhibit at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park


• Borrow some kids and go to the Oakland Zoo