{"id":1413,"date":"2020-08-20T16:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2020-12-29T20:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T20:33:50","slug":"august-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/?p=1413","title":{"rendered":"Our epic August adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 didn&#8217;t stop us from a fun summer adventure day\u00a0 &#8211; just the two of us.\u00a0 Our destination? Navigating the Piscataqua on colorful solo kayaks.<\/p>\n<p>First stop: Bennett&#8217;s Subs, wearing the official fashion statement of 2020: face masks!<\/p>\n<p>We ate our subs with maximum social distancing (I&#8217;m sure sick of that phrase), parked on State Street in Ruby the Explorer.\u00a0 Then we headed to Esther&#8217;s Landing on the Portsmouth waterfront. You picked a red kayak; mine was yellow. Off we went, paddling by Peirce Island, under a bridge and into the open water. Spotting the landmark gold colored Wentworth Coolidge Mansion far away in the distance, it became our turnaround destination. Highlights of the day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spending one-on-one time with you, enjoying our easy conversation. We always cover a wide array of topics&#8230; this time it included: Magic, your favorite game; the cruise you took and how much you enjoyed it; starting high school next month; the government&#8217;s response to Covid-19; <strong>three generations of entrepreneurship (Grammy and I starting Beaupre &amp; Company, your Dad starting Beaupre Law, you starting your own business someday &#8211; maybe a gaming company &#8211; you said <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s up to me to keep it going!&#8221;<\/em>)<\/strong>; Fecamp, France and Beaupre genealogy; and of course Trump and politics.<\/li>\n<li>Visiting a secluded peninsula called Lady Isle where we hung out; you gobbled down the remaining chicken salad sub from lunch.\u00a0 You were starved; rowing is a workout!<\/li>\n<li>Showing you the grounds of the mansion, my favorite of the nine famous Portsmouth historic properties.\u00a0 You posed in front of giant iron anchor. We wondered what the French language expression meant on the mansion&#8217;s coat of arms (see photo of sign). Turns out <strong>&#8220;En Dieu Est Tout&#8221;<\/strong> means <strong>In God is All.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Beaching our kayaks on a tiny island to take a break from paddling and cool off in the salty water.\u00a0 The tide was getting low so we had to walk out a bit to get deeper. The mud was as slick as a skating rink and I promptly and repeatedly wiped out, one time literally flying backwards, feet to the sky, hitting my head. Nothing to hurt up there! We laughed a lot!<\/li>\n<li>Not only was the mud slick, it was like clay. You created a mud hut decoration on the front of your kayak; I followed suit.\u00a0 They never moved all the way back.<\/li>\n<li>Racing against each other &#8211; you won easily and could have kept going forever.\u00a0 You said, &#8220;I thought it would be a lot of paddling today, but time flew by.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Testing our kayak navigation skills in the shade under the bridge, fighting the strong current that was bringing the tide out to the Atlantic. My kayak slammed against the concrete buttress one time.<\/li>\n<li>It was another epic day with my third generation Beaupre superstar. Love you.<a href=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6945-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1416\" src=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6945-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6945 (1)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6945-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6945-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6945-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1403\" src=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6951-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6951\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6951-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6951-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6951-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6951.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1402\" src=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6961-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6961\" width=\"584\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6961-777x1024.jpg 777w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6961-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6961.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6950-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1417\" src=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6950-1-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6950 (1)\" width=\"584\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6950-1-1024x689.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6950-1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6950-1-446x300.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6984-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1418\" src=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6984-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6984 (1)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6984-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6984-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6984-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6967-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1419\" src=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6967-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6967 (1)\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6967-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/camden.papabeaupreblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_6967-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 didn&#8217;t stop us from a fun summer adventure day\u00a0 &#8211; just the two of us.\u00a0 Our destination? Navigating the Piscataqua on colorful solo kayaks. First stop: Bennett&#8217;s Subs, wearing the official fashion statement of 2020: face masks! 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