Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 VI
Friday, February 4, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
It was blustery day and I wasn't sure I wanted to paddle out in the open bay, but since I was there, I went anyway. I put in at 1:30 PM with a brisk north wind, partly cloudy sky, rising tide and a temperature of 62 degrees. The first east leg was slow into the current, although with the partially following wind I was pushed along with the rollers,as I arrived at the Apalachee in 9:14. The return was much quicker, even though I was breaking through the rollers, passing the lot in 16:10.
Once in the open bay, the rollers got larger and more difficult to negotiate. I wasn't able to get much of a rhythm, arriving at the turnaround in 34:09. The return wasn't much better, as I pushed hard, but only finished in 52:54. Well, at least tonight, we are starting our weekend Mardi Gras celebration with some Wintzell's raw oysters, before heading over to New Orleans.
It was blustery day and I wasn't sure I wanted to paddle out in the open bay, but since I was there, I went anyway. I put in at 1:30 PM with a brisk north wind, partly cloudy sky, rising tide and a temperature of 62 degrees. The first east leg was slow into the current, although with the partially following wind I was pushed along with the rollers,as I arrived at the Apalachee in 9:14. The return was much quicker, even though I was breaking through the rollers, passing the lot in 16:10.
Once in the open bay, the rollers got larger and more difficult to negotiate. I wasn't able to get much of a rhythm, arriving at the turnaround in 34:09. The return wasn't much better, as I pushed hard, but only finished in 52:54. Well, at least tonight, we are starting our weekend Mardi Gras celebration with some Wintzell's raw oysters, before heading over to New Orleans.
posted by brint @ 4:19 PM
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