First Paddle in May

The Saturday morning gang meet at the Aqua Adventures docks. As I waited for the folks to show up, Bob Jones pulls up sans boat. He decided to grab a rental and try out something new. In this case a Romeny. Before too long, Neil and Jim pulled into the parking lot. We had one other paddler, Bill who was also borrowing aboat from Jen's fleet. Once Jay arrived, we quickly launched.



As we drifted into the basin, we began to discuss the the route. Several of us commented on the reports of the high surf, so we decided to head out the channel and examine the conditions.



We paddled along the south side of the channel, slowly feeling the effects of swell and the reflection of the waves. We felt that it would be wiser not to take a risk.



So we turn our boats around and cruised over to Sea World. As we took a break near the penguins, it was about 10:30, so the plan to loop Vacation Island had to be postponed as Bill wanted to get the boat back to the docks. Ah, the life of a renter. I remember it well.

For those who get Jay's after trip photo emails, here is a photo of the man himself.



As we headed back toward the docks, two crews began to race by. Several of us cranked up the speed to see how long we could keep pace.



We pulled back into the docks, relishing another fine day on the water.