Autumn kayak at Deer Prairie Creek

A gorgeous morning spent kayaking Deer Prairie Creek - which is apparently shaped like a string of V's or W's - the pointy ones, not the rounded ones. Each slant with a tree in the middle and a sand bank on your planned tree evasion route. You know, just enough length to get up speed before another turn ... but the kayak in front of you has stopped to avoid the next tree... I don't do sharp corners well in a kayak! Especially when followed by sudden stops.

Upon return, my kayak looked as though I'd been out doing a tree survey; checking that those were indeed saw palmettos on the banks. If you've ever come in contact with a saw palmetto, you know how they got their name 😉. Each stem has teeth, like a saw. The saw catches on to fabric and skin, it doesn't discriminate, and cuts and cuts as much as it can. 

Still, a glorious morning on the water. We saw alligators, turtles, osprey and limpkins. We fought the wind on the way out and made sure not to get blown over the weir on the way back. I really do need to get out kayaking more often. Although, perhaps not at Deer Prairie Creek... i think I'll save that for hiking.