Happy Labor Day from beautiful Minnesota! Today we went canoeing down the St. Croix river from Talyors Falls. We couldn't have asked for a better day! 
Cameron, Julie, Baylie and Payton were in one canoe. We had Bryndie in our canoe. That was cause for alittle excitement! She thought it was great fun to rock the boat so that Grandma had to hang on for dear life! She also had fun splashing Grandma from behind.....although most of the time she laid down with her feet up, eating M&M's! We will have to get a picture of our canoe from Julie!
Payton thought it was great fun, but didn't understand why he couldn't paddle instead of Julie! He also kept asking to come in our boat......Baylie did take a turn paddling and did a great job.
Jeff, Annette and Vincent were in their own boat. At first Vincent wasn't sure about it, but after a few minutes he decided it was OK to sit behind Annette instead of on her lap. 
We got out on a sandy island and those who wanted to went swimming. The little boys loved it!!Bryndie was the first one wet.
Birch, Jeff, Julie, Cameron and Baylie decided to swim to the rocks across the river. It was pretty deep out there. 
I think it was farther away than they thought, but they all made it. Most of the time the river was pretty shallow. In fact we could have walked alot of it....but it's much more fun in the canoe!
Cameron and Baylie climbed up on the rocks and jumped in. BRAVE!
Julie was down below to catch them!
We went about 7 miles and after 3 hours, we were ready to get out. We took the shuttle bus back to our cars. The boys both thought that was great fun! Getting to ride in a bus!!!!
We drove down to the state park and climbed around on the rocks for awhile, and watched the paddle boat go by, along with a few eagles......
It was a great day. We ate at our favorite car-hop, drive-in, downtown Taylors Falls. We missed our family that wasn't here. Sweet-potatoe fries Jason!!!! Cheese curds Jana!!!!! Many great memories of canoeing for many years down the St. Croix river with the kids at different ages. Ballet in the river Jolyn!!! Cameron, the beached whale! Fun times!!!
Birch came home and crashed! The perfect way to end the day. Happy Labor Day! Good-bye to summer!
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Happy Labor Day to you guys too! Looks like you all had a fun time! Maybe next time you can have some river fun in one of our beautiful Utah Rivers!! It's hard to think that summer is already over. :(
I wish we could have been there too. It looks like a lot of fun!
What a great day! We will have to mark that idea down and do it when the kiddos are a little bigger. It looks beautiful up there right now! How fun.
Nothing is better than canoeing in Minnesota! I am glad you had a great Labor Day.
What a great way to spend labor day. I told Mark about the other ideas for canoe trips. We hope to do the one up north over MEA. Thanks for the inspiration.
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