Sunday I was up early, couldn't sleep. I retreated to the water. I like the rhythm of paddling and the feeling of being out in the open water with my thoughts, esp. early morning. I tend to do a lot of thinking while paddeling. You have an increased awareness, senses are heightened. A kayak is a small narrow boat in which you sit in at the center and propel yourself with a double bladed paddle. When your in a small boat, everything feels big except yourself. The houses along the lakeshore, the sailboats, powerboats, pontoons. I am smaller than everything I observe. I am affected by every swell, every wave that comes my way. Being out on the water with mother nature comforts me.