Image : Getty Jennifer Garner posted a beautiful photo of two figures kayaking against a lovely sunset in Sweden. Could that be her and her daughter on a “pre-middle school sneak-away”? Probably not, because that kayaking trip resulted in the two getting lost and “paddl[ing] as hard as we could for 100 hours and end up in a shipping lane.” One hundred hours, Jen? Really. Somewhere, Aron Ralston is waving what’s left of his arm in protest. Advertisement Anyway, whether she means “100 hours” or “100 really grueling minutes,” glad that worked out! Also glad there’s another addition to the eternally charming Jennifer Garner Instagram Canon. Everyone lives, and everyone wins. Here’s Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, who was more to the liking of Tate’s sister than Jennifer Lawrence. Robbie, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, is starring in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which is apparently chugging along despite every indication that it just...shouldn’t. Advertisement<doc-sep>Jennifer Garner and her 12-year-old daughter, Violet, had a scary moment on their vacation! The 46-year-old actress and her oldest child jetted off to Stockholm, Sweden, to spend some time together before Violet begins middle school in the fall. While there, the mother-daughter duo took a beautiful kayak ride that went a bit off course. After they paddled too far, Garner realized they were lost, and had to call the kayak rental company to send someone out to rescue them. "On a pre-middle-school sneak away with my eldest," the mother of three captioned an Instagram pic of her and Violet in the kayak following the ordeal. "Did I get us lost in a kayak? Yes. Did we paddle as hard as we could for 100 hours and end up in a shipping lane? I’m afraid so. Did we have to be rescued? Yup. #thesunsetwasabigupside #shenevercomplained #thankyoumattias #welovedyousweden." The Campingstar also took to her Instagram Story to thank Mattias -- the man who came to their rescue -- referring to him as "our savior." Instagram The kayak company also documented the incident, calling it "quite an adventure." "Mattias, one of the champions of the Långholmen kajak team, got a call from Jennifer Garner one evening. She was lost on the waters of Stockholm with her daughter in one of our double kayaks," Långholmen Kajak shared in an Instagram post. "Mattias got into a kayak of his own and started searching for them. Fortunately he found them not too far away and was able to guide them back to our rental. Quite an adventure! ? Thank you @jennifer.garner for your visit, we hope to see you soon again!" Back in July, Garner presented Arthur Ashe Courage Award to sexual abuse survivors at the ESPY Awards. ET caught up with her backstage, and she opened up about how she talks to her kids about tough issues. In addition to Violet, she and her ex-husband, Ben Affleck, have two other children, 6-year-old son Samuel and 9-year-old daughter Seraphina. "It's so important to find a way to talk to our kids and help them know that they're always safe coming to us, they can tell you anything, anything," Garner said. "I bumbled my way through [a talk about it] the way anyone would, but I think it's just really important to keep the conversation going." Here's more of ET's interview with the actress: Jennifer Garner on How She Talks With Her Kids About Tough Issues (Exclusive) This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. RELATED CONTENT: Jennifer Garner Shares Her Latest Relatable Mom Moment on Instagram Jennifer Garner Perfects Low-Key Sunday Style to Church in Sweater and Skirt -- Get Her Look! Jennifer Garner's Son Scribbles a Silly Word Into Her Day-Planner -- See the Pic! Related Gallery<doc-sep>
Jennifer Garner and her 12-year-old daughter got a little too far away on their mom-and-daughter kayaking getaway in Sweden. The actress and her daughter, Violet, had to be rescued after they got lost and pulled out to sea during a vacation in Stockholm ahead of Violet starting middle school. Garner, 46, posted a serene-looking picture of the two of them on a kayak during a beautiful sunset, which presumably was the high point of the trip before things went south. "On a pre-middle-school sneak away with my eldest… Did I get us lost in a kayak? Yes. Did we paddle as hard as we could for 100 hours and end up in a shipping lane? I’m afraid so," Garner wrote on an Instagram post. "Did we have to be rescued? Yup." Violet, who is the oldest of three children Garner has with ex-husband Ben Affleck, was a trooper throughout the ordeal, as Garner hashtagged the post with #shenevercomplained. The mishap was good practice for Garner's role in her upcoming 2019 HBO series, "Camping," in which she plays one half of a married couple who go on an outdoor trip that goes awry. Garner took a grateful selfie with a man named Mattias from the kayak rental company, Langholmen Kayak, who rescued them before things really got scary. "Mattias, one of the champions of the Långholmen kajak team, got a call from Jennifer Garner one evening,'' the company wrote on Instagram. "She was lost on the waters of Stockholm with her daughter in one of our double kayaks. Mattias got into a kayak of his own and started searching for them. Fortunately he found them not too far away and was able to guide them back to our rental. Quite an adventure!" Follow TODAY.com writer Scott Stump on Twitter.