These photos won't hold a candle to DirtyHarry's Hawaii pics or Hiker's scenery shots, but regardless I thought I would share a few from last weekend's paddling trip. We packed our camping gear in the boats and headed about four hours up the coast of a local bay and spent one night. The weather forecast was uncertain so we had the water and the beaches to ourselves. The weather turned out to be perfect, sans a brief period of 28 kt winds and some whitecaps that gave the girls and mattie-dog a scare. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />

Part of our group of six:


Mattie, our "guide dog." (She took several unintended swims along the way):


Beach to ourselves:


Moonrise:


Before sunrise (had to pee!) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />


Sunrise:


Testing my new wide-angle lens: (and the obligatory Toyota 4x4 photo)



P.S. Stow your wine at the bottom of the kayak's storage compartment (below the waterline) and it will be chilled the perfect serving temperature!