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et your vitamin D this summer at Jordan Lake reservoir while exploring its 180 miles of shoreline. Heather Cassese, a Pittsboro chiropractor and yoga instructor, is an avid paddleboarder and enjoys being on the water with her two kids, Elizabella Cassese, 10, and Joden Cassese, 8. Heather goes every Monday on her day off. “I make some time to go out to the lake by myself for a couple [of] hours and do some yoga on my boards and stuff,” she says. “Then on the weekends, I’ll take the kids out just for something fun to do and get on the water.” Heather and her kids bring their own boards, but to the right are three places that rent paddleboards near the lake.
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LEFT Heather Cassese has instilled a love of paddleboarding in her two kids, Elizabella and Joden. RIGHT The Cassese kids navigate Jordan Lake on their paddleboards.