Yesterday, Brenda, Sara, our friend Scott, and I went kayaking out of Boston Harbor. We had heard reports that there was a pod of orca in the area and were hoping to get some pictures of them. No orca (I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing), but it was beautiful out today. The weather was perfect. We paddled north from the harbor (47.140475, -122.905331) and didn't go far. There was an incredible amount of boat traffic on the sound today, so we spent a lot of the day in heavy wakes.
Here we are leaving the harbor.
There was a crane sitting there that flew off when we got close.
I just thought this was a nice looking sailboat.
The harbor behind us, we paddled north.
Here are some views from the Sound.
Brenda took over camera duty for a little while.
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Roxy went kayaking with us today. I can't believe I forgot her in the title of the post! |
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Roxy spent a lot of the day standing up in the back of my kayak. |
This sequence needs a little explaining. We wanted a group picture with Brenda, Sara, and me.
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Sara was pointed the wrong way so she decided to paddled behind us. |
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But went a little too far. |
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So Brenda decided to paddle around us, but Sara had already gotten in position. |
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Sara tried to push me towards Brenda to reach her with the paddle. |
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Where is she going? |
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Ah, got it. |
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So here we are, all in a row, looking right into the sun. |
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So Brenda gave her sunglasses to Sara so she wouldn't have to squint. |
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And there you go. |
Turns out it's harder getting three kayakers in a row for a group photo than you would think.
We really didn't paddle for distance today, we just went out to have a good time. This was about as far as we went then we turned around and headed back.
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Here's me carrying Roxy like a European man-bag. |
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She wanted to ride in the front for a little while. |
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You won't see it unless you know where to look, but the capitol building is on the distant horizon. |
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The Boston Harbor light house. |
Here we are after the trip.
And here's the approximate route we paddled.
Looks like a great time. Thanks for taking care of Scott while we were gone & getting him back safe & sound. Although buying him dinner is spoiling him too much! -the rest of the Connors Clan
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