So, we were originally planning a kayaking day trip today, and in researching locations last night, I came across possibly kayaking around Port Townsend/Indian Island over on the Olympic Peninsula. However, this morning I kinda got cold feet, namely because we don’t have much cold weather kayak gear (yet) and it just seemed smarter to do a bike ride in that area instead.
While the ride ended up being one of our tougher rides to date, it was prescient NOT to go kayaking today. We got out there and while not raining, it was very foggy and cold for nearly all the ride. Which would have been much worse on the water, to be sure – the coldest parts of the ride were the parts nearest to water! But this was definitely the foggiest ride I’ve ever done, and the temp’s were likely between 40-48F the whole time…brr! Plus, while most cars were very courteous, there were a few driving without lights, which seemed somewhat nuts considering the lack of visibility in places.
You can see a map of our ride here. It was slightly over 20 miles round trip – saw several deer out there, including 3 just at the edges of Port Townsend right when we began. Also saw lots of birds and at least one likely eagle, although with the fog it was hard to tell – it was BIG, though.
Lessons learned – wear ski socks, maybe one more layer of clothing, and bring more hot drinks! 🙂
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