asj: September 12, 2017

Scott woke up about 5am and turned the heater on. He didn't get out of bed until 10am. I had finished my Bible study and was starving. After he got back from talking to maybe 800 people, I started breakfast. We had our traditional sausage, egg, potatoes, and onions fried in a skillet. It was good! While Scott finished his Bible study I went out to see if it would be good for kayaking. I talked to a couple of couples. The latter, Gary and Cathy, had kayaks too. I talked to them for quite awhile and even saw them out on the water later.

WHen we were unloading the kayaks we discovered that the front tire of my bike was so flat that it was falling off the rim. We got everything packed and headed down to the water with kayaks in tow. It's definitely good exercise to carry all that way through all that sand. We got in the water and headed north toward the lighthouse. After checking out the construction we rounded the corner and crossed the channel. It was a little intimidating. Crazy though the water was a totally different color more of a turquoise color. I wondered if it was because of the currents or wind that the water from the river doesn't flow that direction?

It was rougher water on that side too so we headed back. We beached the kayaks and Scott went and got our Kindles. We laid there and read for about an hour. Then I took off in my kayak again. I went about a mile south then headed back. The wind had picked up so it was a little harder getting back but fun. I stopped on shore to get Scott's phone to take pictures of the construction. There was a barge being pushed by a tugboat. It had a crane on it and two pillars. Evidently they used the pillars to pivot around. They put one down into the sand and then turned the barge. It was pretty cool to watch.

Cathy and Gary had been out there for about two hours watching them work. I talked to Cathy awhile and then headed back to shore. I read some more with Scott but started to get cold so we trudged back up the beach with our kayaks. When we got back we didn't really have any place to store them because our space was already pretty full. SOoooo we had to load them back on the truck which can be a real pain. We got them all tied down and decided to grill dinner BUT the steak we had bought was still frozen solid - Plan B - pick up dinner. We of course had to take showers which of course was an adventure in itself. Scott was complaining that he wanted the shower I took so I told him to check another and come back if he didn't like it and I would trade him sooooo I forgot to lock the door. I had just finished washing and was trying to turn off the water BUT accidentally turned on the child water which hit me right in the gut with really cold water. I was scrambling trying to turn it off when I heard the door start to open. Yep there was a man and me completely naked. I grabbed the door and shut it. I think he was apologizing but I couldn't hear. Needless to say he will have nightmares for years!! I am really hoping he did not see my face so that I don't run into him in camp. I didn't see him very closely but he had on a tan polo so maybe he was a park ranger. I'll probably end up in his life story sometime...

We headed to Mr. Scrib's pizza supposedly a local favorite. We took the tire to get fixed but it was three minutes too 7:00 and all the bike shops were closed. We ordered pizza. It was actually pretty good!