Phil's Kayak

Phil bought a kit in December of 2007 to build this beautiful kayak, assembled it in his workroom in Phoenix and had it finished by May. The first launching was his backyard swimming pool, the second, and a wet one, was at Lake Mary. He's had it in the water at Lake Mary about eight times (only tipped twice) and can now comfortably paddle eight miles. A piece of carpet stablizes the boat on the shore while he gets in, then its off he goes to explore the lake, look at nesting osprey and goldfinch feeding on milkweed pods. He says, "they looked like they had a toothpick in their mouth" as they chewed off the seed then spit out the fluff. Who knows where it will take him next.