Fresh breeze made it a pleasure to be out on the water. Cra b Creek to Church Creek.
Century Club: Eva Hill
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
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First timer. Hitched a ride with Brett and Erica Smith on their center console and crossed the Bay. After lunch, we came back to the South River and swam in Harness Creek. Couldn't be a nicer day for it.
[Edited because this was the second "day" counted for the same calendar day.]
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
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1 day
Never thought I'd get this far, but here it is: Day 67. Gotta keep up the momentum, though it was easy today, on such a beautiful morning. Too bad the holiday is looking sucky.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
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1 day
Finally got some much needed rain overnight, which made the creek feel a lot more fresh. Almost no gunk to clean off the kayak after my trip to Church Creek.
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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1 day
Uncharacteristically (and delightfully) cool this morning; in the upper 60s!
Crab Creek to South River to Church Creek and back.
Monday, June 24, 2024
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One of the benefits of getting up early to beat the heat is seeing all of the wildlife on the path to the kayak launch. This morning, a tiny fawn was in my path. It was frozen in position, not moving until I was within nearly arms-length of it. (I don't want to get any closer -- I'm afraid of what a protective parent might do). Once it moved, it just went further down the path, forcing me to get closer. It eventually high-tailed it into the woods.
This morning I enjoyed the miracle of SLACK TIDE! There was no wind when I stared my Crab Creek Crawl as well, but it soon kicked in. Good way to start the week.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
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1 day
The heat wave continues, but there was breeze today, and we made our own by going out on Heron today. Might have been a nice sail, but the time before leaving the dock and after returning would have been torturously hot. Especially since our boat air-conditioning needs a re-charge of coolant.
Anyway, it was a good time to try out our Sun Chill pool. We didn't need the jellyfish net, yet. Motored to the Rhode River and rafted up with Whisper. The pool works, and we'll try out the net later. Spent a couple of hours swimming, with a break in the middle to chow down on RoFo chicken.
Friday, June 21, 2024
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1 day
Ninth day in a row on the water -- and a different watercraft altogether. We'd planned to go to an AYC cruising fleet event in Harness Creek, but our sub-group (Harbor 20 folks) had no participants coming. Instead. we hopped aboard the Smiths' center console for a happy hour-to-dinner ride. Too windy and choppy to head to the West River (got soaked by waves up front), so we turned around and docked at Coconut Joe's in Edgewater for dinner. The day's heat backed down in the breeze and sundown.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Number of days:
1 day
Today was my 4th straight day to paddle, and 8th straight day on the water. For some reason, I'm sleeping badly, so when I got out of bed, I was gassed. But when I feel this way, I tell myself that I'll just take it easy. Knock it out with a gentle paddle, not going very far. Guess I'm all talk. Today, I went all the way to Shadow Point, and then out to the 6 Knot buoy in the South River (before the Rt. 2 bridge).
I'm taking tomorrow off!
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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1 day
That lovely brown stripe is what is known as "Chesapeake Smile," seen most commonly on the boot stripe of a boat. It's the reason why we painted our boot stripe a deep sandy color which Awlgrip and Imron should call exactly that: Chesapeake Smile.
The humidity is closing in on us, and the week ahead is promised to be miserably hot. I guess I'll be heading out earlier and earlier. I stayed in Crab Creek today.