Kayaking the Exeter River: a half scenic segment

This weekend, I'll be taking my six year old backpacking. This means that sporadically this week, my four year has broken down, sobbing, "I'm big and strong too! I can backpack! I want to know what it feels like! I don't...know...what...it feeeels like!"

To make up for this hole in his life, I tried to offer an outdoor diversion of a magnitude he can act…