Saturday, May 5, 2018 - North Landing River - Pungo Ferry Road
We've been having unseasonably warm temperatures lately but it's been super windy too. But today the winds diminished a bit but the temps stayed high, so I decided to head out and get in the first kayaking trip of the year.
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As is our tradition, I headed over to Pungo Ferry Road and launched from there. The winds were about 8-10 mph from the northwest. This would portend the temperatures dropping significantly as the day progressed.
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There were a few powerboaters and jetskis out and a few other kayakers, but it wasn't busy.
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There were lots of fish that I heard (and saw) trashing about on the edge of the marsh reeds. I'm assuming that they were spawning. Maybe Jamie can identify the the fish by the fins I was able to capture in a picture.
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There also was a very cool sun rainbow. I could see it really well with my polarized sunglasses, but it was really faint without them. But I was able to enhance the pictures a bit so it shows up.
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It's still early Spring, so the reeds and grass still have a very wintry (read: drab) appearance. And it was cloudy, so the sky didn't provide a whole lot of contrast. BUT it was GREAT to be out on the water.
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And I did have some Lego passengers helping to paddle along the way. :D
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There were a lot of small planes (some bi-planes) constantly flying above. Sometimes in pairs, other times singly. I wonder if there was an event happening at the aviation museum up the road. They have a grass airstrip there.
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Just a short trip to make sure I remember how to do this. :D And everything turned out well. I was trying out some different things with the GoPros. Some worked okay .... others not as well. We'll see how it all looks on video.
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2 hours and 15 minutes on the water and 3.7 miles on the GPS. Scroll below the pictures to see the track map.
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GoPro video to follow.
