Fun for today - almost had a fawn in my lap

We took our Sport and Outback out today (still waiting for the TI to arrive) and had a wonderful day on the water. We decided to go to Pohick Bay, which is just south of Mount Vernon, outside of Washington, DC:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pohick+bay&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.934478,70.136719&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pohick+Bay&ll=38.728376,-77.02652&spn=0.679224,1.61911&t=h&z=10

Just getting started:


Then we saw this fawn from the water and I decided to see just how close I could get to it:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js7-e6MGPiw[/youtube]

We continued on, looking for more critters:


Not only did we see turtles, osprey, great blue herons and fish of all types - we also saw this water snake:


Then returned the way that we had come:


All in all, a great five hours out on the water today!

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Mitch

2010 Tandem Island
2010 Revolution
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Watching that video made me think, "Things you can't do with a paddle kayak" All the movement of paddling would have scared that fawn away much earlier.

Great shots.

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that is so cool that you can get so close! any reason for the blue flotation cushion?

My wife is a poor swimmer and the blue cushions are intended as backup, in the event the CO2 cartridge doesn't work in her inflatable life vest.

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Mitch

2010 Tandem Island
2010 Revolution
Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore

My sailing blog
Our sailing videos