7/12: balanced out

While I was kayaking this evening some teenagers heckled me.  It was not pleasant, but--thankfully--this is the first time in 6 years of my going out on the lake that something like this has happened.  A little later I paddled past a father playing in the water with his two young girls; they said hello, and the older one remarked to me, "Awesome kayak!"  I was very grateful, and their kindness helped to restore my equilibrium.