January 1st 2014

it was overcast but not cool

the steel gray made it feel like New Years Day to me

so

first Kayaking of the year

we put into Lemon Bay at a dead-end street

 about a half mile from the house

it's an old section of town and the houses

are set back and they left the trees

it lovely

just past them are the newer houses

they couldn't be uglier

right next to the water, hardly any trees

we paddled up the bay to the Lemon Bay Park

a huge undeveloped area right on the bay - no houses

except this main building where they have talks and whatever

the shore is wild for miles - old Florida

with lots of little beaches

and mangroves

we have a favorite beach about a mile north

that is still in the park

nobody comes up this far - we have it to ourselves

it comes with a great water view

we had a picnic and played cribbage

 I won - but not by much as you can see

the winning hand - not terrific but it did the job

always sad to leave

this is an invasive Brazilian pepper bush/tree on the beach

it is so Christmasy with the red and green

like the beach was decorated for the holiday

heading home we stopped and checked out the herons

and they checked out us

Happy Everything in 2014