Our first kayaking trip was the first full day we were on Hilton Head Island. We enjoyed it so much, we went a second time later in the week. This resulted in a deluge of photographs. I'll start with pictures from the first excursion.
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Suited up, ready to go |
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Launching, with help |
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Figuring out the controls |
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Second launch |
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Third one in the water |
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Exploring the river |
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Going in the right direction; also, leading from behind |
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Two out of three people relax when they kayak |
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Some bird (sorry, I'm no ornithologist) |
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Cruising under tree branches |
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Passing a cool house |
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Passing each other |
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Passing under a bridge |
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My turn |
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Palms on the shore |
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Someone else going under branches |
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A third intrepid explorer |
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Golfers on shore |
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Potential conflict |
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Going in style under the bridge |
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The bigger boat we needed |
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Conflict breaks out |
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Boat name or dad joke? |
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The only alligator we saw (on the first trip) |
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Paddles everywhere! |
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Spotting a bird |
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The bird spotted |
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A last bridge? |
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Pipe pretending to be an alligator |
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Strange name for a road |
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Really the last bridge |
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Back by the docks |
Our second kayaking trip had more alligators and birds, though the alligators were camera shy. That's okay, because I was alligator-shy. We took a longer, different route and saw some other things, including bubbling waters! I assume that was to keep the waters from being stagnant, though I don't think that would really be a problem.
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Second launch |
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Duck the Branch |
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My turn at Duck the Branch |
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Getting out of the woods |
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Didn't we already pass this house? |
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A slowly sinking tree |
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Sunshiny house |
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So many bridges |
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Shore bird |
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Another bridge |
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Nice reflection |
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Big house |
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Trash I picked up |
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I guess I really like bridges |
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Bubbling water |
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More bubbles |
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Riding through the bubbles |
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Is this dock bent on purpose? |
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I guess taking its picture scared the bird? |
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Ready to fly |
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Ready to rest |
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Luckily, too small for us to explore |
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Crossing the bridge in the other direction |
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I zoomed to get this shot |
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Ditto |
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Last bridge |
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Coming in for a landing |
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Pulling himself into drydock |
As I said, I did not get any pictures of the gators on the second trip. I barely saw only one of them, though the rest of the family says they saw two different gators.
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