Last Kayak of the Season?

So who on earth puts a kayak on their car when there is snow on the ground??? I mean isn't the season officially over once the snow flies?

Despite the fact that it is November 26th and we've already had our first huge snowstorm of the year, we decided to get out in the kayaks one last time today. I am so glad we did. It was an amazing day...

We headed out at around ten thirty, hoping the sun would warm up the air enough for us to be able to hang on to our paddles. There were several signs that we should reconsider this hair-brained scheme... We almost forgot our waterproof jackets on the way out the door and then when we got to the Terrence Bay launch by ECO, the wind was bitter and the waves looked pretty wild. We took kayaks off the car and realized that we had forgotten our water containers at home on the kitchen counter.  Another sign.

With a heavy sigh, I drove back to the house to get our water packs while Sean stayed with the kayaks.

When I got back to the launch, he asked me if I was really sure I wanted to do this- he'd been sitting by the water for almost twenty minutes at this point and was definitely feeling the cold. Looking at the water I almost said no, but the stubborn side of me kicked in (thank god!) and we headed into the teeth of the wind.

We had already decided to just poke around in the Terrence Bay and Prospect area, thinking that we had already seen everything here, but that it would be nice just to get out on the water. Well it was nice to get out on the water but we most certainly had not seen everything!

As the day grew warmer, the wind died down and the sun came out and it turned out to be one of the best kayaking days we've had yet. We found a secluded bay to explore- there were no houses anywhere to be seen and absolutely no other boats on the water- we had the whole place to ourselves. The water was calm and the tide was low, so we found all sorts of really cool overhanging rocks. I tried to take some underwater pictures- I even saw a starfish! And we saw lots of really cool anemones.

The overhanging rocks were amazing- and once the wind died down, the sea was like glass. We kayaked in underneath huge cliffs that were festooned with seaweed and that echoed our voices back to us. As the day wore on we grew quieter and quieter, taking in the beauty around us and trying to soak up as much of the peaceful air as we could, knowing that this was probably our last voyage for a while...

We stayed out for as long as we could although the days are much shorter now, so the sun started to go down around four. As we turned our backs to the wind after one last look at the wide open sea, we headed back into shore and managed to find a deserted beach to enjoy the beginnings of a glorious sunset... Farewell summer!