Kayacking

This nest is about 2 inches across.

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62 degrees this morning, sunny with a few clouds, another beautiful morning.

Walked the Farm Loop.  Those silly goats were once again on the porch. 

Some workers were out along the road fixing a water problem.  One side of the road was closed so they had a flagman.  What a boring job that must be with hardly any cars driving by.
 

Spotted a bunch of wild turkey's along the way.  Got a picture of these three before they followed the others back into the woods.






Once back in town I made a loop around the ball park where I saw Kathy and then a quick loop around town before heading back home.

Walked 6.2 miles.

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Right after breakfast we loaded our kayaks in the back of the pickup and drove to Jennings Randolph Lake for a few hours of paddling.  One side is in Maryland and the other in West Virginia.

We put the kayaks in at the wide part of the lake and paddled until we got to the narrow part.  We were going up river against the wind and it was pretty rough going at times, especially in the wide open part but it was a beautiful sunny day and so nice to be out on the water.  It got easier when we got to the narrow part.  Pillars from an old bridge up ahead.

Once we got to these rocks in the river it got shallow and we got stuck on the rocks a couple of times.  Or rather I got stuck.  Ken seemed to do a bit better than me. : )

Spotted a heron and a picture of him on the rocks.  He didn't stay put in one place for long so I was happy to get this picture.

We are turned around when there were just too many rocks and here we are on the way back when I took this picture.

On the way back it clouded up and looked like a storm was brewing.  There was thunder in the distance and we quickly headed back.  We were over an hour away from where we put in so it was quite a paddle back.  Didn't know I could get that kayak moving as fast as it did. : )  We stayed along the coast line in case the storm came and we needed to get out of the water.  I said a few prayers and we made it all the way back safely.  Just as we rounded the last bend and just a few paddles away from shore the rain started.  Got the kayaks back in the truck in the rain.  Once in the truck we saw the lightening.  A bit of an adventure today!

It didn't even look like it rained by our house when we got back home.  Ken went up to Happy Trails for a little while but I stayed home.  It was nice for me to just sit on the front porch and read.

Hope your day was a happy one.
happyone : )

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