Paddle day 6 Dec 21

The winter solstice, what a great day. Winter is here. Yep it will get down to 50 tonight and only in the 60's tomorrow. Oh that's summer in Vermont.

Today we met Rich and Linda at Nokomis Beach about 10:30. We arrived about a half hour early so we drove down to North Jetty Park and walked out to the jetty. The link above will take you to a map of the area which will make it easier to follow the description of our journey.

A view of the North Jetty

While there we met two ladies who were launching their kayaks and talked with them for a while. They were heading up Donna Bay. They told us about a few areas they had kayaked. Since it was after 10 I gave Rich a call on and he old me they were at the launch site on Nokomis Beach so we drove up to meet them.

Once we launched we headed up Lyons Bay and under the Albee Rd. bridge an into the canals in the development there. There was not much to see so we headed back toward the inlet area. There is an island on the bay side the inlet with a nice sandy beach so we took a snack break there.

Snack break on the island

We went along the shore and into one of the marina areas, Higel Marine, before we decided to head to Roberts Bay and on up to Curry Creek. It was a long windy paddle across Roberts Bay and time for lunch. As we approached the US41 bridge we noticed a small beach area so we put in there and had lunch.

Lunch break

After lunch we decided to work our way up Curry Creek so off we went. The current was a little stiff but it was favorable for this leg. We went up the creek about 3/4 mile before deciding to make the turn and head back.

Up the creek, with paddles

A Great Blue Heron takes flight

The return trip was against the wind and current. It was a long paddle back to where we would make the turn to head pack to the launch point. Now both the wind and current were in our favor. While we were loading the kayaks the girls went to the beach to do a little shell hunting. Not much for shells but we did see a Gopher Tortoise.



A most excellent day. When we returned to Sun-N-Fun we fed and walked Logan before heading off to the hot tub's.