Yesterday Stuey, Nora, Elias and I took the inflatable kayaks out to a small island in the bay and had a picnic. It was Nora's idea. I had ambitious plans to take the whaler out to Long Island, but Nora did not like the idea. As she put, 'it is hard to watch you struggle with launching the whaler and getting it all packed - let's just pick up subway sandwiches and kayak somewhere close to eat them'. Good idea Nora - keep it simple!
And so we drove across the bridge to Near Island and launched our kayaks in Trident Basin. It's a great place to kayak with lots of little islands and beaches, a convoluted coastline and lots of wildlife. It's remarkable that such an amazing place is so close to town!
And so we paddled out to a tiny little island and climbed up on top to eat our subway sandwiches. And then we explored the island. On one corner there was a nesting pair of bald eagles in a tree. They flew around our heads and said 'stay away'. So we avoided that corner of the island. Big cliffs and spectacular views.
Picnic over we paddled back to the car. We explored on the way. Great day for a kayak!
Patrick
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