Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A Kayak First - The Yummy Kind

We had a great kayak outing, mid-day today. First, we kayaked about a half mile up the Grand Lagoon from our Campground to a marina restaurant. This is the first time we've ever paddled to a meal. The water was a smidge choppy as we headed out but, after lunch, when we kayaked back from the restaurant, the conditions were BEAUTIFUL. We kayaked about 3/4 miles past the campground in the other direction and relaxed on the little beach. Ellyn learned that if she laid down, at water's edge, with her PFD still on, that it was a perfect pillow. Ahh!

Along our path, we saw many many jumjping fish, pelicans, storks, gulls, etc. etc. And Ellyn is so glad to, finally, be seeing well! So heavenly!! It was a 3 mile total kayak path - not too much exertion. And now we're having a bit of a rest then we're off to another sunset on the gulf beach. We'll probably pack dinner to have on the beach.

Only one more day here in Panama City Beach before we start heading east on Friday...and we've just about reached our goal of organizing all the last minute stuff we stashed into the car and RV when we left the house. We should be in great shape by Friday.