Carey and I don't own a boat. One weekend, we were feeling silly, and bought a small inflatable rubber raft from True Value. We took the raft to Swan Lake (here in Sitka) and proceeded to paddle around the lake. Evidently we got too close to a pair of swans, and one of them came up to me and started beating the H3LL out of me with their wings! And biting my arms! Carey tried to pull an oar out of the paddle holder but didn't get it out in time. After he beat me up, he shook off his wings, snorted at me and left. I was so humiliated! Beaten up by a swan!
Well, I was upset so we went home and got our two 100 pound dogs and brought them to Swan Lake. I told them to go get the swans but they couldn't keep up. It was pretty funny, and the dogs had fun. The next day, Carey looked at my arm and exclaimed, "you're all black and blue on both arms and elbows from the swan!"

Needless to say, that ended our nautical days on Swan Lake.
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