my soul is healing . . .

that was the one of my favorite robin-isms of the day.  the other just as wise . . .  my heart is softening. those are the sounds of peace seeping back into the body.  the peace of the river will do that.

and so we headed out.  robin had found a guy who would rent us the kayaks and put us in at the head of the silver river and then pick us up just short of where the silver river hits the ocklawaha. it's a trip of 5.4 miles and takes about three hours.  unless of course you're happily floating with the current and watching the world go by.  then it might take a tad longer.  oh, and if you stop to watch the monkeys play.

this is ryan putting robin in.

look how peaceful:

there were lots of baby every things.  all you had to do was look

do you see him.  that's just the hump of his back.  he was a rather large beastie.  it is mating season and they were barking all the way down the river.

thank goodness robin has great hearing.  i've helped you on this one because this was my cell phone.  that good friends, is a wild monkey.  to the left of him were lots of his relatives.  babies, twins, aunts, uncles, cousins.  some man with an 'adventure' idea that failed, let his four monkeys loose.  they grew to 450 monkeys. after some culling, there are five families of monkeys somewhere in the 240 count range.  robin heard the babies chattering.  they were so silly i forgot to take more shots.  at one point, one fell loudly out of the tree and into the river.  further down the river, we were looking at a marker post when a rather large reddish brown male sauntered by.

that's a long 5.4 miles.  thankfully, we were going with the current and not against.

truly an amazing day in all ways.  i am thankful for the adventure.  for the friends who traveled with me and for the judgment free zone that was our trip.  we were blessed.

oh and there might have been a little yoga going on.  yoga and wine go well together.  namaste.