Canoeing

Today Anne, Maya and I went canoeing. We borrowed my parents very old and heavy canoe, tied it precariously to the top of the RAV and drove to Paisley. We dropped our bikes off at the north end of town and then drove to Dr. Milne park (where we were married) at the south end of town. Anne just about killed herself (more than once) helping get the canoe off the roof (and on and off again later) and went down the Saugeen.
Maya really needed a nap and thus was quite upset at finding herself sitting in the middle of a canoe in the middle of a river, and so for a little bit screamed and pointed at the shore. However, she then dosed off for a while and was content until she bonked her head and got cranky again as we approached the town hall (which is along the river in the centre of town). Fortunately a dock is there and so we stopped and Anne tried to breastfeed her to sleep which took about half and hour.
When she did finally fall asleep, I hop in the canoe Anne puts her in the bottom, but with her head under one of the railing thingies going across the canoe. Maya then starts to wake up and freak out a bit and Anne is now in the canoe and just pushed off. Maya is crawling on her belly towards me and I am trying to push her backwards so she will sit up in the centre. I am not sure what happened but the next thing we know the canoe tips and throws Anne and I in the water but Maya manages to somehow stay in (she was wearing a lifejacket though). The water is only about chest deep so we pull the waterlogged canoe back to the dock we just left and put Maya back on the dock. After a bit of hassle we get the water out of the canoe.
Anne finally put Maya back to sleep again and she stayed asleep for the rest of the ride once we got going again. We enjoyed rest of the trip from the dock to the north bridge and the bike back to the car was nice too.
The one thing we have decided is that next time we go canoeing it will be with a much lighter canoe, that crazy old Fiberglas thing of my parents is way to heavy.