Jan and I got together early with Ray and April to go kayaking on the Myakka River. It was a beautiful day, cool, and amazingly enough with no humidity. A cold front went through last night drying things out. We took a leisurely paddle up stream.
Had some visitors, or I guess I should say we visited a few guys along the way. We got these two pictures, but didn't have time to get a picture of the big alligator that disappeared under water with our approach.
The river is a winding, fairly narrow waterway with lots of overhanging vegetation. Nice and quiet, it's like you are all alone except for your friends leading the way.
We stayed out about 3 hours, did about 4 miles, upstream first and back downstream to finish, just how we like it.
Except for one little mishap it was a great morning. Ray was up their little ladder tying one kayak on their car when he lost his balance, fell back off the ladder and unfortunately stepped back and off a banking to come to rest on his back in a bunch of brambles. Luckily he wasn't hurt, just scratched up and most likely a little stiff by next morning. We all recovered along with Jason's company with a great New England lunch at Bit of Boston! Clam chowda, haddock, and fried clams. Yum, yum.
It all sounds wonderful! Hope you can find some more mornings like that!
ReplyDeleteI think they are over almost already. The forecast is for the heat to come back starting today.
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