Led by Gail P-C, nine Town members, gathered together on Thursday July 1st for the official start of our season of paddling on Lady Bird Lake., and what a wonderful morning we had kayaking again. EffieK, PegG, JudyA, LindaF, MarshaK, MariaV, PhyllisP, and AngieB kayaked. Phyllis and Angie are our two newest members. This was Angie’s second time in a kayak and she did great! Everyone was quite excited to be together on the water!
The Rowing Dock was busy for a Thursday morning. But staff were ready for us and were so helpful in getting us in our kayaks. The water was calm, we had a nice breeze and not much traffic toward Red Bud Island. As we paddled around Red Bud Island, we saw lots of turtles sunning, and a lot of skimmers, including the eye-catching red neon skimmers, controlling their territories. Everyone had a good chance to visit as we leisurely paddled.
We gathered for a few pictures at the Rowing Dock, then headed to Las Palomas on Bee Cave Rd for lunch. Our new custom is for each of us spent a few minutes sharing something about ourselves; what is going on in our lives, kids, and most popular subject, pets. We learned more about each other and had some good laughs!!
Our next date on the lake is an evening outing on Wednesday, July 14. We will meet at 5:30pm at the picnic tables behind the snow cone truck, and we’ll put on the water by 6:00pm. We have to be off the water by 7:45 pm as the Rowing Dock has an event. Linda Foss is leading ().
Hope you can be there! Gail P-C