Kayak

We kayaked this morning. It’s been a long time since we’ve both been out.

We were given a beautiful cloudless morning to explore and we decided to go up Don’s Bayou.

The first sight on the water was a sky full of purple martins. Many of the homeowners have those multifamily martin houses on their docks and dozens of the birds were cruising around the open sky provided by the bayou. I can watch martins all day. They are talented flyers and seem to enjoy circling and soaring.

Next we came to a dock where a large heron had landed and literally strutted up the dock, turned and strutted back. I didn’t have my camera ready to catch it all but I did get 1 shot in before he stopped strutting. The reason for his strut we found as we rounded the dock. A female heron on the shoreline watching the show.

We ventured up into the bayou, the air fragrant with jasmine and magnolia blossoms. There sure are lots of beautiful (and huge) waterfront homes along this bayou. We reached the head of the bayou—the bridge on Mooney RD and then headed back.

That's Penny off in the distance ahead of me in the picture below.

I may return to the bayou this evening to see if any blackberries are growing this year.