I've actually been thinking of going on a little canoe trip with my boy. Just overnight, and just paddle far enough to say we did. Test it out. A little father-son bonding. I'm pretty anxious to do it, would like to it in the spring. After the snow is gone, but before the bugs come. There's a little window there...
I'm just not sure how Phil would handle being outside in cool air for that length of time. I have good warm clothes, down jacket, etc... But he's just got, you know, your typical crappy snow suit from Walmart. Not going to spend a ton on good stuff for a growing boy who won't get to use it *that* much.
He has a decent little sleeping bag, and I can probably just have him in with me. No problem there. Just not sure how he'd respond to being outside during the day in ~50F temps. We took him downhill skiing for the first time last weekend, and he got cold pretty fast. But that was about 20F with a good wind chill.
Any ideas on that?
Also, what about a baby in a canoe. We'd still like to be able to use the canoe a bit, not overnights, but just some paddling during the day. I'm a pretty experienced canoeist, kayaker and swimmer. I don't think I've ever tipped a canoe in my life (that wasn't on purpose). And we have an infant life-jacket. But, the thought of the first few moments of panic if the boat went over... terrifying.
What's the youngest you guys have used a boat with an infant?