This is the first chance we've had to get the kayaks wet since we came home. We put them in the water, then gathered our stuff...
I loaded from the swim step on the boat, Joan went over the side...
We started down the canal, over a couple, then down another...
We crossed the ICW - no traffic, very little breeze. It felt great to be out on the kayaks again. We went by the Homeland Security facility; a bunch of vehicles, and people gathering. There was a blue ribbon across an opening in the railing... we surmised that they must be having a celebration of sorts to go with their updating of the facility. I thought it best to not take any photographs, although someone in their group was photographing us.
Paddled/pedaled by some shrimpers at the dock...
Then paddled back along the ICW side of our island...
There are some places you can go with the kayaks that the C-Dory just won't fit...
When we came back from kayaking, it was back to the grind; we loaded up some tools and went back to the storage facility to work on the trailer... we serviced the bearings and the winch. There was a surprising amount of rust on the drum of the winch. I had to cut the bolt off that held the old strap. We scraped and brushed the drum with a wire brush, followed by some galvanizing spray. I think that wraps up the maintenance stuff... now we can take our time going through all the stuff that came off the boat, to decide what goes back on.
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