Well I had a nice paddle at Drake’s yesterday. It was overcast and cool when I started and I decided to paddle the entire shoreline and try to find critters. I went part of the way into Creamery as it was pretty shallow and there wasn’t much to see. In Barries I saw a few Batrays scattered around. On the way from Barries to the Drake memorial I came a upon a family of 5 river otters. I spotted them up ahead and stopped paddling and drifted right up to them. They were so busy playing that they paid no attention to my kayak.
I crossed the mouth and stopped on Limintour spit for a spot of lunch. Lots of Harbor Seals and AW Pellies shared the beach with me. The sun came out making the paddle to Home Bay nice and warm. Home Bay had tons of BRs and a few sharks. I also saw BRs and sharks all the way back to the launch.
The conditions are really good in the estero these days. With the light winds the water is crystal clear and the paddling is easy. The GPS said the paddle was 13 miles.
Ray
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