Wow, my pic has been in the August and October spin sheet magazine. So honored! Today, went on a sail arund the creek with Alan. He let me sail, which was easy as the wind was like at 2 mph. Absolutely gorgeous day out. 82 degrees, very sunny.
Century Club: Karen Wood
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Barely moving
Bored seagull
Me the captain.
Sunday, October 1, 2023
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Entering the marsh
Following the water trail
I got a little lost
The light was perfect
October 1, hard to imagine summer is slipping away. After about 1 week of fairly gloomy cold windy weather, today was beautiful. 78 degrees, a little breezy. After watching the Commanders lose to the Eagles in OT, I decided to drown my sorrows with an afternoon kayak across the creek. I discovered a marsh that somehow I had never seen before. Venturing in, I followed a water path quite a ways in until it narrowed to the point I could "feel" the spiders about to attack me. Turned around and actually had trouble retracing my steps. Should have left breadcrumbs.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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Had a friend visiting and wanted to take her out on the Kiwi Kruzer. Very windy and too choppy on the Potomac. The creek was nice tho.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
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Alan and I went to survey the creek and any damage caused by the incredible storm yesterday. One neighbor's dock was taken out, lot of debris in the water. Saw lots of critters probably displaced by the storm including 2 otters on a dock! They moved too fast for me to get a pic.
Friday, September 22, 2023
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Storm brewing.
Storm's a'comin'. Supposed to hit this afternoon, predicted to be bad, storm surge and high winds up to 50 mph. Should last @ 36 hours or more. Went for a morning kayak into the wind. Pretty ominous out there. We took everything off the lower dock and really tied up the kayaks etc. Hope the boats and tiki bar do ok
Thursday, September 21, 2023
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Ducks!
Babies all grown!
Very peaceful out on the creek. Minimal wind. Paddled to party cove and then just floated in the middle of the creek taking in the sun, the birds, the quiet. Beautiful out. The family of ducks that we've been watching since they hatched in August paid me a visit. Babies are almost full grown.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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Paddled over to Flounder Fyord to see if the swans were still around. No swans but lots of geese.
Sunday, September 17, 2023
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Friends Chtis and Denise
Alan pointing out the sights.
Posing next to my boat
Hadn't take the Kiwi Kruzer out for a few weeks. Had some friends visit so took them out on the Potomac. A little rough out but not bad. Cooler days out these days but didn't need anything more than shorts and tee shirts.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Alan baiting the crab pots before we went out.
Heron tracks maybe? All over our beach where we launch the kayaks/paddleboard.
Alan paddleboarding.
Alan and I went across the creek to check out a nice sailboat we've seen around. No one around to ask if we could crew sometime. Very nice afternoon weather wise.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
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Big storm headed my way, me in a small kayak.
Had been rainy and stormy on and off all day, but after the commanders game it looked like I had a 2 hour window of clear weather. Set off across the creek into a strong wind. Got to the other side, turned around and then saw a huge black cloud coming my way. I hauled across the creek and the wind picked up blowing every which way. High waves didn't help my mild panic. By the time I was halfway across the black clouds had taken up about 3/4 of the sky and i could hear the thunder.. I dont know how I did it but I made it home before the storm hit. Was even able to put the kayak away, rinse my feet and get into the house with plenty of time to spare. Last time I trust The Weather Channel and their doppler.