My wife and I canoe and kayak together all the time, usually taking our Pointer along. Our trips are generally day trips to local lakes and reservoirs. She paddles under the name "Minnkota, the Canoe Godess", a handle I gave her due to her excellent trolling motor imitation! Penny, my Pointer, rides as "Ballast, the Canoe Dog".  ;D

Despite enjoying our day trips, she isn't generally interested in "roughing it". We do weekend canoe camping trips, along with more frequent canoe & car camping trips. We got engaged in Killarney PP, on a canoe & cabin trip. Also last year she DID accompany me on a five day Upper Missouri trip in Montana, her longest ever, but she hasn't been bugging me to go again. She likes her modern comforts, which is fine. We generally do a trip in her interests each year, like Jamaica, Mexico, etc. And she doesn't pester me about taking trips on my own - like Wabakimi this spring.

It works out for us, although I will admit I wish she was more interested in the Q. I'd love to share that with her. But before we met she had zero camping experience, so I'm holding out hope that one day she might get to the point that she becomes more interested. Until then, we enjoy our shorter, local trips.

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