Up a creek

With the smashing success of our last kayaking trip to White Rock Lake, Cas and I decided to go back. The White Rock Paddle Company did well by us the first time we went, and Cas had spotted a creek just past a bridge last time we went out on the water.  This time, we were literally up a creek (and back down it again).  

We've got the procedures down, now.  The rental folks insist on touchless rental and payment.  The only thing we touch when we get there is the kayak and the oar.  We got in, rowed out about 15 feet and took off our masks.  I had a Ziploc bag for those and my car key.  Cas had one of those watertight phone cases.  We were slathered in sunscreen and armed with bottled water.  

The trip up the creek was nice.  There were exactly three humans we encountered once we really got into it.  We saw one man fishing and we saw two other paddlers heading out as we were returning to our start point.  Other than that, it was quiet and pretty.  I spotted a turtle and scared him off his log, but we both managed to see a crane perched on a rock, grabbing a little lunch.  When we got back to the lake, we saw another crane (or maybe the same one?) before rowing back to return the kayaks.  

It's a fun way to spend a little time, and kayaking is a perfectly socially distant activity.  I suspect yesterday was not the last time this summer we'll find ourselves deliberately up a creek.  

Photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2XJ3mX7a61qq3KRj7

If you are interested: https://www.whiterockpaddle.com/index.html

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