Hi, Townies!
First, it was great seeing y’all at our monthly meeting this week! The speaker was excellent, and I think I learned almost as much from the Q&A session as I did the actual presentation. Y’all asked good questions. I hope more of you will be there next time.
Wednesday morning, MariaV and I launched our kayaks from Emma Long Metropolitan Park headed toward the 360 bridge. The weather was beautiful. We couldn’t have asked for better conditions, and very few people were on the water. This was my first time out in my new kayak—a Falcon from Point 65 Degrees North—and it did not disappoint. It tracked well for a calm-water kayak of its size and was easy to handle in the waves created by the bigger boats that passed us.
Several swallows greeted us at one point along the way, and we found a small inlet where “something big” that we couldn’t identify dove into the water from the shore as we neared its habitat. We didn’t wait for introductions, deciding that something that big might not be entirely friendly.
A dog that we thought was stranded on a float near shore turned out to be min! now fishing with its front paws. “He can stay out here all day and fish if we let him,” explained its owner from the nearby boat dock. Apparently, the dog wasn’t the only critter that enjoyed using floats near the shore. A big turtle sunning itself on one decided that we weren’t socially distant enough from it and quickly dove into the water as we passed.
When we returned to the launch ramp, a short swim was in order, and it was so refreshing. The water was the perfect temperature to cool down in after two hours of kayaking.
This was my first time to kayak at Emma Long and it won’t be my last. A big thanks to MariaV for accompanying me on this adventure and suggesting this as the first place to try out the new kayak.
Stay safe, everyone. ChristineF