I enjoy kayaking in Lake Chabot here in Vallejo every time, but I think the dogs are kind of bored. They probably equate being on the kayak to being in the car. They see it as a mode of transportation and are eager to arrive when we get back to docking. Sometimes they just lay down in the kayak and aren’t interested in looking at the water much. They certainly don’t seem to sense the GIRAFFES that we see each time as they eat in their Six Flags park enclosures that are visible from the lake.

I asked if we could bring our dogs after seeing someone with a paddle boat and her dog (which doesn’t even have edges) and they said, “Sure!” So we brought three of our seniors. To my surprise, Polar didn’t get much of a thrill out of it, and much preferred wandering around the grass where we have hiked before. Capulet (Cappy) was anxious when she saw me take off with the other two dogs, so I had her join Montague and me on the kayak by making the switch at the pier that Shando went to.

I was nervous I would drop my phone in the water when I took some selfies, but it was more important to capture the reactions of the dogs.

The video is in order from the launch and Shando’s perspectives as well as my own spliced in. I was not able to shoot video or take pictures while actively kayaking of course.