Haven't been out kayaking much lately. It's funny to hear all the cold weather folk wishing for summer so they can go kayak, while for me, I can't get up the gumption to take my boat out. Summer here is flat and hot and while I paddle, I'm looking forward to winter. But I spent last night watching my videos on TV, which inspired me to get out on the water to get wet one way or the other. I'd really like to get the boat out to go surfing, but the surf report has been pretty spotty, so I just headed out on my usual jaunt. While the sun was out, it was still quite a bit cooler at the water when I head out about 3. There was a bit of boat traffic outside the harbor entrance to add to a little bit of chop to make things a little more interesting. There's nothing worse than heading out on a totally calm ocean under the hot sun; I start feeling like the heating element on a solar oven! A large contingent of teenagers were holding a summit meeting on top of BAR. The braver souls were doing backward somersaults into the water while goading the meek into timid watery plunges. I watched for a while then headed to Toxic Creek beach. Tide was low, but there were some fun size waves rolling on to the beach. For the first time in quite a while, I got to punch the ol' QCC through a bit of white water. The beach was deserted and I snuck in close to wait for the waves. There were some baby waves that tried to toss me to the shore; there were some snot-nosed adolescent waves jumping on my deck; there were the occasional belligerent teenager waves that gave me no respect, but I was waiting for the Big Mamma wave--seeing as everyone knows waves are a matriarchal society! As it usually happens a teen wave rolled by and he must have PO'd his momma, because she was chasin' right behind. I had to hurry to get there before she broke to enjoy the full brunt of her parental fury! She wasn't a giant mamma, nothing I couldn't handle by now, but the first glimpse of her, hidden as she was by the teen wave, got the blood racing a bit. When I was soaked head to toe and the waves started to die down I headed for home. I stopped in the harbor to knock off about 5 rolls and then call it a day when a couple teenagers showed up with face masks and spear guns! Don't wanna be around when they get their momma mad! So I had some fun on the water. It's not surfing, but it was fun and wet and the next best thing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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