I don’t know why I put this leg off for so long. It’s 3 miles out, 3 miles back. And it’s an easy drive from home and doesn’t require me to get help from anyone else. But after Sunday’s boat-filled journey and scary river crossing, I was happy to have Brian join me as I paddled the 3 miles across the mouth of the Chester River – although he didn’t even complete the whole crossing with me because it was “so boring.”

The water was flat calm and boat traffic was minimal compared to Sunday, so it was an easy trip across the river. And Brian was right, it wasn’t super exciting, but then again, I never said it would be! This was just a “connect the dots” trip! The only semi-interesting thing that happened was a bird flew down and swooped across the bow of my kayak. I thought it was a juvenile laughing gull, but Brian disagreed. He thought it was a small hawk or something. I suppose we’ll never know!

Oh – another bonus to paddling with Brian – he loads the kayaks on top of the car 🙂

Here’s a few photos and the path I took: