Today was a pretty low-key day for us. We slept in until noonish - what a wonderful luxury! Then we went shopping around town and finally out to an early dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Original Oyster House.
While eating our meal, David looked out the window and noticed two kayakers paddling our way. We watched them as they came closer and closer to the restaurant. We were casually talking about how funny it would be if one of them tipped a kayak over. Then the guy capsized his kayak right in front of us! We couldn't help but giggle like school kids as he thrashed around in the water and watched his kayak sink. Soon everyone in the restaurant was standing up to better view the spectacle.
The lady kayaker tied her boyfriend/husband's sunken kayak onto hers and then started paddling over to the guy who was floating on his life jacket.
He was just hanging out enjoying the water while she worked away towing a kayak full of water along.
Then he started swimming and abandoned his life jacket. Apparently he told her to come back and fetch it so he could swim to shore.
He splashed around quite a bit while she returned to rescue his life jacket - all the while still towing his sunken kayak around. David casually asked me what I thought the guy would do if he yelled, "Gator!" out the window. I think the poor guy would have drowned himself. By this time I was laughing so hard I had tears streaming down my face. Half the restaurant was, too. Not to mention all the photos people were taking of the couple.
After the girl captured the life jacket, she had to turn around yet again - this time to give her poor guy a break. He had exhausted himself splashing about in the water and didn't make much headway. Being the good woman that she apparently is, she then paddled herself with all her gear, towed a sunken kayak full of water, and her boyfriend/hubby to shore! What a workout that must have been!
By the time we finished our meal - and dessert - the couple had finally reached shore. They managed to unload all the water from his kayak and paddle off into the sunset. Sigh. I just love happy endings!
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