Date: Dec 14, 2017
Trip #12 (#32)Weather: Scorchingly hot
Waters: Calm out west
On board: C, A, KH, J and ZC
New gear on board: Itiwit kayak
The December school holidays are here, and an outing had been promised to ZC, who is fresh from his PSLE and looking forward to 2018 in a new school.
We took LW2 out west - seems to be our go-to destination nowadays because of the relatively short commute and calm waters - and anchored at our usual spot near the Lim Chu Kang fish farms.
KH and J whipped out a carrier bag containing an Itiwit kayak and set of oars, along with a bottle of 2006 vintage Dom Perignon as a gift to us. We provided the club sandwiches from Marina Bistro at Raffles Marina.
The boy, grown in height since we last met on our previous outing, was keen on going on the kayak, so C and KH got it inflated with its pump. ZC got his kayaking legs fairly quickly, and even capsized it deliberately a couple of times for fun. (Sigh, to be free from the fear of water, A thought!)
It was sunny throughout, which was great, considering that the weather pattern in the last few weeks has been sunny in the morning and a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
After we got back to the marina, we took a table poolside and continued chatting and drinking, while the boy took to the pool, at times with C, who has come to be one of his favourite grown-ups.
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