Sailing to unplug Before we became empty nesters we sailed the Sea of Cortez with our sons. This is a video of our adventure with our sons.
Tag: kayaking
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Kayaking Laguna Madre
Kayaking Laguna Madre Recently my husband and I went kayaking in Laguna Madre in Port Mansfield, Texas near Brownsville in the southern tip of Texas. It was – what I would consider – a fairly easy kayaking trip. It was easy to put in right from the shore. The waves were very calm and gentle…
![Kayaking? Take your trash with you! 3 Kayaking? Take your trash with you! 1 We packed some water and snacks, loaded up the kayaks and off we went to Lake Arlington, one of the local lakes that is popular for kayaking as well as fishing.We arrived at the lake, unloaded and after deciding which direction that we wanted to go in, we set off! The waves were not to high for a lake but there were still waves which were about a foot high or so. Just high enough to splash over the front tip of the kayak and keep us cool from the heat of the sun reflecting off the water.Not in a big hurry, just out for a leisure paddle day, we made our way slowly across the lake. A short distance from the dock we encountered a small head wind which taxed our arms and made us rather tired. Several times on our journey across we had to stop several times to rest our achy arms and just float for a minute or two. Then we were back at it, paddling towards a quite little cove on the other side of the lake.As we neared the cove the head wind subsided and the waves calmed down. As we entered the cove we were greeted with views of egrets, great herons, turtles and fish jumping. Sounds very picturesque, right? It really was, with the exception of all the garbage that was also there.](https://i0.wp.com/empty-nestopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/donna-compressed.jpg?fit=768%2C576&ssl=1)
Kayaking? Take your trash with you!
This past weekend was a great time to kayak! The sun was nice and toasty, the waves on the lake were not to high, there was minimal wind. Perfect day! We packed some water and snacks, loaded up the kayaks and off we went to Lake Arlington, one of the local lakes that is popular…