Crooked Paddling

Crooked River State Park Georgia

I had one of those nights where I went to bed late, 11:45, and woke up at 5am and couldn’t go back to sleep and was feeling blah and groggy by sunrise.  

So I went out and did an hour of yoga along side the river

Along with Chocolate Chip Pancakes, those two fixed me right up along with the glorious temperatures in the low and mid 70’s.  No AC on all day.  FANtastic.

I had done the tide and put in calculations the day before and for the 6.5 mile trail could get in at 11:30, about an hour and a half before high tide, and make it all the way easily in leisurely time.  It was a wonderful partly cloudy day with breezes and great water.  Saw lots of water birds as I paddled along the cord grasses of this tidal river. 

Here are some of the houses I saw as I started off.  I loved this farm house which reminded me of Greenfield Mountain Farm except it, of course, has the BIG added attraction of being on the river.

I named this one the home of The Ostentatious family  with its screened in pool and outlandish square feet.

This gull deterrent didn’t seem to be working all that well.

It was a lazy paddling day and just about perfect.

Got back around 3:30, put the kayak back on the car, came back and I made salmon burgers and salad for dinner and began working on the departure lists so it can be an early start in the morning on the drive to Silver River State Park    I'll leave you with the view from our site at the end of another GREAT day.