Jon and his novice team coming in for the finish

Novice team chillin' like villians after their first OC race

The 'experinced team' gettin' ready for a warm up

boat order - seat 1: Jess, our stroker girl, seat 2: Chris, the hut-ho guy, seat 3: Mike, the lily dipper, seat 4: Eric, the marathon man, seat 5: me, seat 6: Lynda, our super-awesome steering chick

Chillin' after the warm up

Making our way to the start line - Lynda trash talkin' the other team

she even threatened them with her paddle

Boats lined up at the start - I was beaten like a rented mule with a paddle by Lynda for not paying attention on the start..hah I sooo deserved it (:

Coming in for the finish

The other boat kickin' our ass at the finish

Chillin' after a hard race

Eric and his super-awesome wife who took most of the pics

Anomaly: Chris's ass left dents in the seat, btw these aren't soft seats

Mike massaging Jess's butt

Loading the boat back on the trailer

Jess atempting to form herself into a human pretzel after one too many tasty bevy's

Peps novice team Placed 3rd in the Novice division

We took 3rd in the open division

Post race rub down

Day 2 - Pep gettin his boat ready for the small boat race (I think he rigged her with nitrous oxide!!)

The lily dipper and I

Jess and the chick from the novice team whose name I can't remember competing in the womens race

Our groupie Blue going after Jess

Blue hoping to get a a piece of pumplin muffin (btw pumpkin puree is fantasic for dogs digestive tracts - best mixed with dry dog food)

Blue soakin' up the rays at the beach

Me in my new folding kayak (www.folbot.com)

Jess testing out the kayak

Chris, the OC1 3rd place champ eating his 3rd place prize - hopefully the cookie will go straight to his ass, more cushion for the paddlin' (see picture of dented seat above)

Lynda giving her 3rd place prize, a jar of honey, to Jess. Jon and Lynda placed 3rd in the OC2 masters category.

Mike in the folding kayak

A picturesque view taken from the ferry of some mountain by Upper Arrow Lake - one of the many we experinced on our 13 hour drive home from Revelstoke....thanks to the mudslide