lesson learned:

#762

Don't try to paddle a canoe all the way across Lake Okoboji, and back again, on a windy day.

On the other hand, praise God for super-friendly people who help pull stranded canoes out of the water, and let Sacagawea-wannabes use their cell phones to call in the rescue squad.

Thank Him for strong, forgiving dads and brothers, too, who constitute the majority of said rescue squad.

We live and learn. At any rate, we live.