Liquid Sunshine

On Sunday, Meg and I hit Lake Union to test out our new NDK Explorers. We had originally planned to paddle out through the locks and into Elliot Bay, but the winds were forecast to build up to 20+ knots in the afternoon and we decided that we did not relish maneuvering alongside larger vessels in those conditions while working our way through the locks for the first time. Instead, we went for a relatively uneventful paddle around Lake Union, stopping along the way for tea and crackers with Brad Soule. Never a good idea... no one wants to go back into the rain after a hot cup of tea. Still, we pushed on from his boat and paddled around Gas Works Park to Fremont Bridge and back across the lake toward Lynn Street Park where we put in. We spent about 30-40 minutes doing self-rescues at the put-in before loading the boats up and moving them to their new storage locations...where mine will sadly wait until the next time I find myself in Seattle :(