Crazy humid today, being outside for just a few minutes drenched my clothes. Kayaked across the creek to check out the bald eagle nest but didn't see them. Caught a few pics of other wildlife tho. Quiet on the creek for it being a Sunday. Guess the humidity was keeping everyone inside.
Century Club: Karen Wood
Sunday, June 30, 2024
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1 day
Local ducks
Ceramic pelican on neighbors dock.
Blue heron
Humid day
Saturday, June 29, 2024
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1 day
The bent over technique of SUP.
Quick, take a picture, I'm upright and paddling.
2nd attempt to get up on a paddleboard. Not so successful this time. Could only stay for for a very short time. Poor technique on my part. Not sure why I was able to get up AND stay up the first time.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
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1 day
Day on the water
Saw the Pride of Baltimore anchored so sailed over to take a look at it.
Alan and great instructor Beth.
Me at the helm.
We completed all drills, knots, we both aced the written test, and by end of the day we were officially ASA 101 certified. Spent the day just sailing around Lord Baltimore bay having fun. Wind was good in the am, kinda got squirrely by the early afternoon.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
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1 day
Hot hotday, felt like 100
Safe Harbor on Solomons Island
Savage storm blew through in the afternoon. Luckily we weren't on the water, it was so hot we returned at 1.
More sailing around Solomons Island. Extremely hot day, too sunny. Practiced MOB drills.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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1 day
Ok, which is the stand on vessel? Is this on the test?
Hot and sunny. Me trying to keep my dermatologist from yelling at me
Read about Sail Solomons sail school in spin sheet mag so gave Alan (and me) a 3 say course to certify us in ASA 101. Today was day 1. Went out on a Catalina 22 and practiced maneuvers, vocabulary, definitions and to finesse our tacking and jibbing.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
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1 day
2 of 3 grandkids
Dash and Kiwi (me)
Logan with Kiwi
Swans
Took each kid out on a kayaking adventure. Super hot day, 95 outshine the kids played on the beach and in the water. Had 3 swans come up on the beach looking for food.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
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1 day
The quintessential pic
Sun sparkles in the waves
I might as well have been on the ocean.
Every afternoon lately has been really windy. Makes kayaking quite the challenge. Porpoise over the waves going out into the creek, essentially surfed coming home. A little unnerving. Now time for a mojito.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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1 day
Into the wind, waves were scarier than this shows
Waves were surfing me along
Our flag straight out in the wind
Friendly heron allows me to capture him on film.
Prob shouldn't have gone out, but had to get these days on the water. Very windy, high waves (for me) even white caps in the creek. Ventured out for a short paddle, tried to go into the wind, but waves were too high so turned around and went around the bend where it was a bit calmer. Saw a heron on a dock. Nice paddle until I tried to come back, had to paddle into the wind and cresting waves with herculean force. But made it back and alls well that ends well.
Monday, June 17, 2024
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Another sailboat in the creek! They are rare.
Looking toward the Potomac
Stars on the water
Too cool for just one pic of them.
Very warm day, high 80s and humid. But I love the heat. Kayaked past party cove to see if there was a water outlet for the Ebb Tide river (when it rains the water runs over the road into a very wooded pond). But I couldn't find it, so I guess the pond is pretty much land locked.
Sunday, June 16, 2024
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1 day
Alan took me out for a sail out into the Potomac, good wind, hot out.