Goosepestering
Apr. 22nd, 2018 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tegyriusYesterday, the girl and I went out to Canoe Kentucky and rented a couple of kayaks for their shorter Elkhorn Creek float. We did this same trip with a canoe last summer, but last fall's kayak experience in North Carolina convinced us of the entertainment value of lighter personal watercraft.
By my Garmin track, we did five miles in 2:15ish, going with the current in no particular hurry. That included one stop to dewater the kayaks and ourselves after an unexpectedly-active set of riffles and a second stop for lunch on one of the islands.
Seen: a ridiculous number of turtles; one unconfirmed mink (could have been a different rodent of similar profile); grackles; robins; red-winged blackbirds; goldfinches; turkey vultures; hawks of undetermined flavor; an unconfirmed killdeer; mallards; Canada geese; and a small population of bank swallows (a new one for our bird book) hunting over the water in tight, energetic aerobatics.
The sport camera works nicely and no misfortune befell it despite my failure to bring a lanyard.
I also determined that I in a kayak am as fast as a goose in the water, but not faster than a goose in the air.
Also, this was a another three-bike-commute week, but without the implausibly-aggressive headwinds of the month's early parts.
By my Garmin track, we did five miles in 2:15ish, going with the current in no particular hurry. That included one stop to dewater the kayaks and ourselves after an unexpectedly-active set of riffles and a second stop for lunch on one of the islands.
Seen: a ridiculous number of turtles; one unconfirmed mink (could have been a different rodent of similar profile); grackles; robins; red-winged blackbirds; goldfinches; turkey vultures; hawks of undetermined flavor; an unconfirmed killdeer; mallards; Canada geese; and a small population of bank swallows (a new one for our bird book) hunting over the water in tight, energetic aerobatics.
The sport camera works nicely and no misfortune befell it despite my failure to bring a lanyard.
I also determined that I in a kayak am as fast as a goose in the water, but not faster than a goose in the air.
Also, this was a another three-bike-commute week, but without the implausibly-aggressive headwinds of the month's early parts.