Here's my time killer, while I wait another month or four for Canada to start getting wheels in dealers (especially waiting for my Ultimate, which appear to be unicorns at this point). To fulfill the requirements of displaying an active lifestyle once I have my Cruz, I finally bit the bullet and bought my first kayak. Pelican Premium Catch 120 angling kayak.
Not being an excellent (or even good) swimmer, I need to get comfortable with it on the water before I try fishing from it - especially given some of the big toothy critters that lurk in our lakes. I mean, the slot size on musky around here is 54 inches. As in, you can't take one out of the lake unless it's OVER 54 inches. And yes, they are indeed out there clipping 60. Imagine the ride something like that would give you on a yak?? LOL I think I'd just cut my line and head for shore.
I've been wanting one for a long time. This year I was finally in a good place, financially, to pull the trigger. But apparently these things are ridiculously popular right now and sell as fast as a Santa Cruz. I've watched at least four models that I've had my eye on sell out locally, then regionally. Without leaving the province right now, I'd have to drive about 18 hours to find another one in Ontario. Only about 4 if I go to Manitoba. So I pulled the trigger Saturday afternoon and ordered the last one in this half of the province, an hour and a half away. It worked out pretty well too - because between a couple of bonus offers, I ended up getting almost $120 back in Canadian Tire money! That stuff IS like free money, with the amount of shopping I do there in the course of a year. lol
After I got it home, I pulled off the stickers/order slip, unwrapped the paddle, and grabbed my life jacket. Headed down to one of our boat launches and set sail. It was a beautiful night for it. Calm winds, warm but not stupid hot. I think it was the first time I've paddled since my last dragon boat race ... which was quite a few years ago now. Felt GOOD. The seat on this thing is SUPER comfy and the higher seating position is great for bad knees and my out of shape middle-aged self. LOL By the time I turned around to head back to the launch, my daughter was texting me to see if I was ever coming back. Kids have no patience these days, eh?
Anyway, here's a couple of pics. One in the back of my 24 year old GMC, which the Cruz will replace, and one looking down the river last night at our pulp mill from the yak. Given how it sits in the back of a normal size truck bed, I am DEFINITELY going to need to get some kind of bed extender or racks for the Cruz to haul the yak.