Great night sleep at little talbot. We had a slow start but definetly needed some time to sort things out, do laundry, take showers,etc. Our procastination leaving the campground turned out to be a good thing. We ended up paddling perfectly insync with the tides. We had strong winds today, around 25 mph, so we wouldn't have made any progress if we had to go against both tides and wind. I know nick has mentioned it before, but the tides here are just so strong. Today NOT PADDLING with the tides and wind at our back we were going 2 mph.
Our paddle today was beautiful. We snaked in and out of small tidal creeks on our way back to the icw. Then we kayaked out along the western shore of an inlet opening. It was really choppy water but the change of scenery was fun. There were actual sandy beaches - not just mud flats and oyster bars.
We rejoined the icw right as the tide changed and started paddling to fernandina beach. I had a dolfin surface about 10 yards from my boat. I also saw a little shark. He was probably only a foot or so long and redish - maybe a dogfish head. We hit stong winds so progress was slowed. We ended up camping on an island just south of fernandina beach. Island looked nice but ends up is covered in the most anoying little bugs. Thanks Bev and Becky for my head net it has been absolutly esential!
- Hill
Ps. I have the worlds worst spelling and this phone app doesn't have spell check. Sorry for all the errors.
Finally figured out how to post comments! I'm loving keeping up with you guys on here. Also, perhaps I'm missing them, but are you guys able to post pictures? I'd love to see a photo if there are any other dolphin/ Hillary-in-a-hairnet sightings!
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HUm I am wondering if Hil and Nick can see these comments. Mayb its just for our sake. Anyhow I am not sure what I would like to see more- a dolphin or hil in a hair net- so I suggest they combine the two. If its not too much to ask guys. hil waving at a dolphin in a hair net. PLEASE (some of us are stuck at work not paddling on a river today)
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