Took the Kiwi Kruzer out onto the Potomac, 80 degtrees out, shut off the engine and drifted and read. Very nice, until the wind picked up and it started to rain. If definitely cooled things off, but we were getting wet and the seas got real choppy. Made our way home to very hot, windless weather. Didn't rain here at all. Figures.
Alan and I took the pontoon boat out to the Potomac to float, read, and relax.
My 3 grandkids came down for the weekend. Took each one out for a kayak ride. They are wiggly, only luck kept us from capsizing.
What a difference from the past few days. After a big storm blew in yesterday, we are experiencing a cloudy grey windy day. I still went out inthe kayak but the waves were so choppy I couldn't get very far. I did see 2 osprey sitting in a nest that has been abandoned all summer. Very happy to see them.
Wow has it been HOT past few days. Crazy hot and humid. So instead of getting out on the water in the afternoon like I usually do, headed out at 9am. Alan paddleboarded and I in my kayak. Very calm, still water, amost mirror like.
94 degrees out but we decided to cool off by getting into the Kiwi Kruzer and head over to Cobb Island.to get gas. The Potomac was as calm as I've ever seen it. We got to the island in 20 minutes, a record for us. Did not see another boat the entire trip. Good thing people know to stay out of our personal waterway.
2 adult swans swam up to my beach as I was headed to my kayak. 2 babies with them. They proceeded to esconce themselves on the beach, and every time I started down the last few stairs they would hiss, start to charge, and flap their wings at me. They are huge close up and I didn't feel like being attacked by 2 viscious swans. But I had to go right by them to get to my kayak. So for a few minute, there was an impasse, but I really wanted to get my day on the water. I finally just stomped my feet and strode purposely toward them, and they, hissing and snarling, backed off to the waterline. I got my kayak and dragged toward the water and that was big enough for them to start swimming away under the dock, giving me a window of opportunity to paddle away to safety. So after that near death experience I paddled over to the eagles nest but didn't see any. Hot out, 93 degrees even tho it was after 5. Upon my return the swans were warliy watching me from under the dock, but must have decided I was a bigger threat than they could handle, so they stayed put. Darn straight.
Alan paddleboarded and I kayaked over to party cove, ran into friends Steve who had just gotten a very nice center console Trailmaker. Very hot, yet it's supposed to be hotter tomorrow. I can't belive I ever complained about the cold in the wintertime and wished for the summer. Actually, it's not the heat thatbothers me, rather it's the humidity. I think this is Day 50 for me, halfway done
Alan took me out on the sailboat, wind seemed promising when we left the dock. But petered out after we got near the marker. Very hot and humid.
Took friends Ted and Margaret out onthe pontoon boat way out into the Potomac, cruised down to horsehead cliffs, almost to Cobb Island and back. Very calm day. So still. Earlier today we saw about 25 dolphins in the creek, a first for us!