Since the wind has been coming up in the early afternoon we decided to put in at the marina and kayak around the shore south of the marina.We drove over to the marina and put in at the boat launch dock and paddled out of the marina and into San Diego Bay. The tide was still going out but there was no wind as we paddled south along the breakwater.
Nearing the entrance to the estuary the water got very shallow. In fact, with the tide out we couldn't go into the estuary next to the power plant. We paddled almost to the power plant with ten to twelve inches of water beneath us and a huge stretch of mud flats on our left. The birds were out on shore with ducks, seagulls and oyster catchers in abundance.
As we went across the mouth of the estuary the water stayed less than a foot deep with a sandy bottom. Farther out there were large fish jumping, sometimes three or four times in a row. By then we'd been out about an hour and the wind was slowly picking up. Small waves were gently coming in from the west and rocking the kayaks as we were parallel to the troughs. So we decided to turn around and head back. We both noticed that we had sore upper arms from yesterday.Arriving back at the marina we pulled up to the dock and ended our paddle trip. Loading he kayaks on the car we headed into town to do some grocery shopping. When we got home and put everything away we fixed a late lunch and went out on the patio to eat. After lunch Tina gave the kids a bath. After we dried them off, Tina gave Wicket a haircut while I worked on the blog.
The day was simply beautiful as we took several walks with the kids through the park and along the beach. Tomorrow we plan on going to a classic car show in Del Mar for my birthday. Should be fun!!
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