I have some experience with the water, but last week was my first experience with a kayak. We took a weekend trip to Kushimoto in Wakayama prefecture. In Kushimoto, there is a river called Kozagawa where right by the station there is a place that will rent you (a person) a kayak, supply you with PFDs and take the Kayak upriver. It’s dog friendly too as they also offer PDFs to dogs.
I am used to rivers and I like them. But this was a big river… I am not used to those. So I was a bit excited to get wet and start this journey. Mom and Dad got in they Kayak and some guy pushed them into the water, but that was too slow for me, so I jumped out and started swimming. Apparently, that was a bad thing to do because we had to go back to shore and start over.
The river was quite nice with some fast parts. I kept looking left and looking right and Mom and Dad kept screaming every time I did because the Kayak would roll one way and then the other with my weight. But we figured out our rhythm and I jumped out a few times and we stopped a few times to play ball.
We got back to the main landing in a couple of hours. I was pretty hyped up on river water and had a lot of marking to do on roadsides over the next few hours!
僕はまたひとつ新しい体験をした。カヤックだ！僕たちは和歌山県の串本ってところに行った。そこに古座川っていうカヤックで川下りができる有名な清流がある。カヤックとパドル以外にライフジャケットも貸してくれる。犬用のライフジャケットまで用意してくれてたのは感激！最初はちょっと怖かった。ママの後ろから様子をうかがってた。古座川の水はすごくきれいだった。水は冷たいのかな、海みたいに塩辛いのかな？僕は確かめたくてカヤックから水の中にジャボーンって入って行った。うわぁ、冷たくて気持ちいい。もう怖くない！！ 30分ぐらいしたらママとパパもうまくカヤックを操れるようになってきた。時々、僕たちは陸に上がってボール遊びもした。僕は陸に上がるたびにおしっこふり絞って、僕のにおいを残しておいた。これで僕のテリトリーは和歌山にまで及んだ！！！
