Don Pedro Island and other things

Our next paddle was at Don Pedro Island SP. We put in at the land base which had about a 150 yd portage. We used a set of wheel's that were at the park and used our dolly for the last kayak.


It was a fairly short paddle to the island and we were directed where to put in by a tour operator. They have a kayak/canoe rack on shore.



There were not many folks on the beach since it is only reachable by private craft or a local ferry operator. We went to the beach and took a long walk looking for shells and sharks teeth. We found lots of both. We returned to the pavilion and had lunch and then went for another walk on the beach.



I just couldn't take it anymore. So into the chilly Gulf I went. It was a long way out to get to waist deep. I took a couple of strokes and walked back to shore to continue our walk looking for shells and teeth.



We took the long way back to the land base and realized that our paddle from a few days ago at Placida. More boats were on the ICW on the return trip.

There is a lot of thin water in these parts. Here I decide to just get out and pull the kayak to something a few inches deeper so I could paddle.


Rich and I double carried out kayak's back to the trucks and talked with another yaker for a while. See these pictures and more here.

Saturday we went to the Crowley museum and nature center for their festival and met up with some of the park dulcimer players there. Interesting place.



More here.