paddleboard

You can rent kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and tubes nearby to float or paddle the San Marcos River through the rapids of Rio Vista Park, about a half-hour south of Austin.

My inflatable paddleboard has D rings running down both sides, so I can clip this seat to the first third of my board, where my toddler sits.

Over the past couple of years, my paddleboard adventures have gone from solo trips, to adding a toddler, and now a dog, too.

She can jump off the paddleboard, swim freely, and scramble up banks without the life jacket getting in her way.