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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