What a lovely warm day we had right after Xmas: 47°F. Time to see how getting into a kayak felt with my new knee.
Well, the embarking and disembarking was no problem at all, but ... the surface ice in my cove caused too much difficulty for it to be any fun at all.
My paddle just slid over the top until I made a concerted effort to 'chop' downwards more strongly. Still, the chunks that broke off were large and troublesome enough to deter me from leaving the cove - the main part of the lake is fluid, but it would have been a lot harder to return home once the temperatures and the sun began dipping lower. I was also not enamored with the amount of effort I'd have to expend just to get out of my sheltered cove.
As I broke the surface ice, it sounded like a whole lot of elastics being released and vibrating - it was magical! I loved the sound.
What interesting, jagged shapes it created
The ice was thick enough to support the weight of an American Marten, which I was lucky enough to see walking across the cove later - lucky me to have seen it!
Ha ha ha! The next day the ice was gone, but it was too rainy to want to be out in a kayak.
2 comments:
Wow a Marten! Not a mink?
Could have been, I guess, but this animal seemed bushier and didn't 'glide sinuously' like I've seen mink do. It was a mustelid, for sure!
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