Second Trip May 28th

So I headed out for my second trip on Memorial Day weekend.  With the goal of getting away from everything a day out surrounded by a bunch of boats and jet skis didn't sound like fun so I headed to a river instead.  This trip started from the Lake Lavon Dam and went to the north tip of Lake Ray Hubbard.

This is right after I put my kayak in the water and headed out at about 7:30.  It was beautiful, not a sound to be heard except the birds, my paddles, and an occasional fish.

It's a little hard to see but there was a snake swimming along the shore next to me.  It's in the center of the picture you can barely make out it's head sticking up.  I saw one other larger snake but nothing came close to me.

I've always thought water drops sitting on lily pads was just really cool looking so I snapped a couple of pics as I passed.

The flowers on the water lilies were stunning so I took a bunch of pictures.  I could have spent hours just floating around and looking at these but I had to start my trip back.

Heading back wasn't hard at all.  The river had very little flow so it was no different than going across the lake.  It was actually better since there was no wind and the water was very smooth.

My first trip out

After buying my kayak it took almost two weeks because of weather and responsibilities to gt out on the water but it was worth the wait.  This was back on May 17th, I'm doing some catch up to get my first to trips on here.

Morning at the lake.  My favorite time.  I took a weekday off to get out and enjoy time with almost nobody else out there.

 These may be my favorite two pictures.  Look from the front and back of the boat.  It's about 3/4 of a mile away from the shore either way and no one around as far as I can see.  For me a little slice of Heaven on earth.

 I got over close to a small island and there was a red tail hawk that just kept circling around.  Once again it's just me and the bird so I'm loving it.

 After the hawk I was able to drift up pretty close to a blue heron.  A stunning bird to see up close.  I wish I could have caught a picture of it as it flew away but I wasn't quick enough.

Quietly making my way into a cove.  There were several good size fish I could see going past the boat. I made my way along the shore but didn't see anything else worth taking a picture.

 A map of my first trip.  It's not exact I made this off USATF's map it program just to get an idea of how far I had gone. I left out the small coves I went through towards the end because it made it too confusing.

After I finished I realized I hadn't taken a pic of my new toy, so here it is after my first trip out.