Paddling - September 13, 2012

After Randy and Romana's visit, and hearing about their kayaking, we got all jazzed to go for a canoe paddle.  We don't own a canoe anymore, so we went to Devil's Lake in Lincoln City and rented one.  We had it for four hours, but we couldn't last more than two.  It's been a long time since we went canoeing, and our paddling muscles, not to mention our rear ends, were not up to the challenge.  But we still had fun. The weather was perfect, sunny and about 70 degrees.

We had hoped to see some interesting birds, but the only ducks we saw were mallards. 

We had lunch at McMenamins in Lincoln City, then went south to Depot Bay, hoping to see something interesting there. Again, no interesting birds, just gulls and cormorants.  But we did see several migrating whales. 

We continued south to Newport, then headed inland.  As we drove toward Corvallis, the temperature rose rapidly to 88 degrees. We stopped in Corvallis for tea and a pastry, then drove home.

We'll definitely try canoeing again, but now we know our limitations.