Fresh Creek, 6/7/2020

Last Sunday was another paddle with some friends with their own boats. It was on the short & sweet side as it was a bit on the breezy side & we had a couple of people getting back on the water for the first time; originally we were going to go back to Four Sparrow Marsh, where we'd gone the week before, but looking at the tides and the wind, we decided to hug the north shore of the bay and go to the Fresh Creek Nature Preserve. I think that ended up being a good call, it ewas some work getting there but we had a pretty nice ride back home.

Great to see sailors and one of our fishing committee folks out there too - the club is coming back to life after our couple of months of COVID-driven downtime. We're being careful and we do miss our post-paddle sharing of snacks and refreshing adult beverages (not possible under the current guidelines of arrive, paddle, go home) but small boats like the ones we use at Sebago actually lend themselves quite well to social distancing. 

Pictures -- I did do captions but as always, click on any photo for a better view.

It was a bit on the breezy side, but a beautiful blue sky day.

I'd gotten to the club early after something of a sleepless night, so when I was ready to go before launch time, I couldn't resist just laying down on the grass. I took the picture above & then just turned the camera around. 

Yellow boat club! 

Sailboats & kayaks ready to go

Launching a Sunfish

The ramp that launched a thousand tiny tiny ships

Fisher Nancy and one of the sailors

 Heading out into the bay

 Chris greets a tern

 Eastbound off Canarsie

 

Hi there!

 Fresh Creek. There's been some really nice shoreline restoration done in here and it's now an excellent destination for a shorter paddle, or quick detour on a longer trip. 

 Lunch break. Great to have Luis back from his winter and spring travels, and he was happy to be out there with us!

 I always like to leave the bay a little cleaner than I found it.

Cottonwood fluff time!