Kids often state the obvious. Sometimes they say it best. Kayaking kids are no exception.

As part of my blueway coordinator job, I’m a certified kayak instructor. Often, Lee County Parks & Recreation staff asks me to help out with summer camps. On Friday, I went to the San Carlos pool and the Lehigh Acres pool where Junior Life Guard sessions are happening. The point: Tell them about the blueway, kayak safety and other basics, and then put a kayak in the pool. That’s when I show them two different ways to get back in the boat after capsizing.

I was at a point in one presentation in which I was transitioning from the talk part to the pool part when a junior lifeguard raised his hand.

“If you capsize on the blueway, couldn’t you just stand up and climb back in.”

Insert rimshot sound here.

Good point, I told the lad.

And therein lies the beauty of our beautiful blueway. Lee County’s average water depth of a mere 4 feet makes our trail feel even safer and easier to use than we sometimes remember.