Today Tony and I paddled from St. Philips to Portugal Cove. The original plan was to paddle in Bay Bulls but it was kind of a miserable weather morning (drizzling, foggy, damp, chilly) so, still wanting to get on the water, we opted to paddle closer to home.
Today’s short paddle marked the 100th time Tony has been in a kayak this calendar year.
I know Tony is retired and us working stiffs tend to think that he has all the time in the world and so all the paddling he does is easy for him. But the truth is that he is probably just as busy in retirement as when he was working, and sometimes more busy... My father retired about 8 years ago and he has said to me several times that, looking back, he just doesn’t know when he ever found the time to work…
Anyway, here are a few pics from our short paddle today…
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| Leaving St. Philips |
There was little wind but the swell and waves were coming in from the open ocean from the North so there was lots of places to play as we paddled up to Portugal Cove...
We pulled up on a little beach near the ferry terminal for a break and just as we got back on the water the Flanders was pulling in...
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| Tony near the ferry terminal |
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| The Flanders |
More places to have a little bit of fun on the way back to St. Philips....
Heading into the channel at St. Philips...
There is something fascinating about watching waves crash upon the shore. It’s even more fascinating to watch them from a kayak…. I took a bunch of pictures on the way trying to get a good one...
Oh yeah, and it finally happened. I knew it would one day... About halfway back to St. Philips Tony got pulled over by the RCMP! And here is the proof…
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| Sir, may we see your license and registration please? |
Actually, one of the fellows on board is a kayaker that we have, on occasion, paddled with. I think he recognized us and got the boys to come over to say ‘hello’….
After we rinsed off in the river and got geared down we went for a late lunch of fish and chips at the nearby By-the-Beach restaurant. It was a great way to end a fellows 100th time in a kayak for this year... and just think - he still has almost three months left of the year. The addiction runs deep, me thinks...
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