{"id":61995,"date":"2023-07-26T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=61995"},"modified":"2023-07-22T09:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T16:33:46","slug":"having-some-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=61995","title":{"rendered":"Having Some Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Life hasn’t been all gloom and doom lately. I have had some fun! (Despite my aching body.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, Michael and I had a pickleball lesson. I bought it as a Father’s Day gift for Michael at an auction. It was a 90 minute lesson. I didn’t really know what to expect. I’ve seen people play pickleball and it looked fun. I’m not really into sports, so I didn’t think it would be something for me. But I liked it a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n

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We met our partners at a nearby indoor place. They gave us a lesson for about an hour and then we played a few games. I didn’t do too bad! I would definitely play it again sometime. I didn’t really understand all the rules or the scoring, but I liked playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, I tried SUP for the first time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My cousin Anna suggested it and I met up with her and her husband and friend one gorgeous Friday for my first time. We went to CedarOak <\/a>in West Linn<\/a> and it was an awesome find! There was a little cove that was perfect for a newbie doing SUP. There were also no boats in that area so it’s nice and calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been kayaking a bunch of times but I’ve never done SUP. I honestly didn’t think it would be something I’d like because I’m not very coordinated and when it comes to balance I’m even worse (especially with all my hip issues\/injuries). But it was surprisingly easy to sit or kneel. I did not try standing this time. I didn’t feel ready to try that! But I liked kneeling a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got in the water a lot and it was perfect. It was so nice and not cold at all. It was probably around 75\/80 outside so it’s not like it was crazy hot out but it did warm up while we were out for a few hours so it felt nice to get in the water. I will say, there is no graceful or easy way to get back up on the paddle board after being in the water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael and I have been talking about getting kayaks for years now and I am now obsessed with getting a SUP instead. You kind of get the best of both worlds, it seems. Anna has the Isle brand and loves it. She did a ton of research before buying it and highly recommends it. It is probably a little out of our budget for something we want to try out. Having kids makes it harder to do stuff so I don’t know that I want to spend a ton of money on something we can only use a few times a summer. (At least until the kids are older and can join us.) If you do SUP, what is your brand and do you like it? Pros and cons?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life hasn’t been all gloom and doom lately. I have had some fun! (Despite my aching body.) First, Michael and I had a pickleball lesson. I bought it as a Father’s Day gift for Michael at an auction. It was a 90 minute lesson. I didn’t really know what to expect. I’ve seen people play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[95,1949,8055,10377,10378],"tags":[1940,8056,10379,10380,1068,10382,10381,8735],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62014,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61995\/revisions\/62014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}