As training for the Mountains to Sound relay on sunday, we decided to do a test run of our route along the stretch of the Sammamish Slough. This whole kayaking thing sounded like a lot of fun (to me atleast! :)) but all the prep work is turning out to be really tedious. I had a minor panic session a few days ago when NWOC said that they were completely sold out of take-away kayaks for the weekend. "There is some race happening this weekend ..." said the gal there. "Well, we're taking part in that race! We need a kayak too!!" Oh well! Moss Bay finally bailed us out and even offered to help us get the kayak on the car. Thanks, Moss Bay!
We planned on starting our kayaking about 5ish, but it turned out to be more like 6:45 when we hit the water. And the slough seemed more like a puddle in places, we couldn't put our rudder out and were scraping the bottom with our oars. But it was an amazing ride - the weather was perfect, the sun was out and there were tons of birds around. We saw several kinds of ducks, geese and a ton of herons that kept flying over our heads. And we even got to see several beavers!
Well, 12 miles with our super heavy kayak took a lot longer than we expected! It was dark by the time we got to Lake Washington and Thad had to navigate us around before we finally got to the shore. He was expecting us at Log Boom Park at about 9:15, but we ended up reaching there close to 10 pm! Thanks Thaddie for driving us around! :)
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