Family Canoe Day

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Family Canoe Day

Photos of Family Canoe Day at the at the Chattahoochee Nature Center.

Family Canoe Day was held on at the Chattahoochee Nature Center on Saturday. The event teaches kids with their parents the ins and outs of navigating a canoe. The class culminates with a bit of canoeing in Beaver Pond. Here, Jeff and Cailin Thelen and daughter Valentina, 5, enjoy a leisurely paddle.

Instructor James Herrin, right, helps the Nemani family of Alpharetta cast off their canoe.

Jack Reed, 6, takes control of a canoe that with his mother Sheri Reed as a passenger.

Caitlin Waddick helps daughter Ursula Zia, 6, put on life jacket before heading out on a canoe. Another Family Canoe Day is scheduled for Aug. 24 from noon to 2:30 p.m. For information, call (770) 992-2055 or go to www.chattnaturecenter.com .

The canoes lie empty in the water.

Ursula Zia, 6, fires a big water gun brought along by the instructors.

Instructor Chris Simpson, in canoe at left, gives paddle instructions to the Nemani family of Alpharetta.

Valentina Thelen, 5, of Dunwoody, is ready to cast off wearing a hat she colored herself.

Nikhil Nemani, 5, of Alpharetta is excited as he prepares to board a canoe with his family.

An assortment of colorful paddles await the participants of the canoe event.

Casey Holbrook, 5, of Jefferson, appears to be in the mood for a nap near the end of the session. Grandmaother Rita Holbrook was doing the paddling.

Instructor Chris Simpson shows participants how to put on their personal flotation devices, required gear for everyone in the session.

Ursula Zia, 6, works on her paddling technique.

Jeff Thelen of helps daughter Valentina, 5, put on her life jacket.

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Family Canoe Day was held on at the Chattahoochee Nature Center on Saturday. The event teaches kids with their parents the ins and outs of navigating a canoe. The class culminates with a bit of canoeing in Beaver Pond. Here, Jeff and Cailin Thelen and daughter Valentina, 5, enjoy a leisurely paddle.

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