July 27, 2017, Thursday — Nash Narrows

What a beautiful day for paddling.  The skies are overcast keeping it cool, and the seas are flat calm. 

I headed down the west shore, toward Spiller Channel, checking out the shoreline, hoping to find a mink.  I found a mink on this shore last year and was hoping to get lucky again.  I paddled for about an hour without one photo op.  So, I paddled across the channel to the east shore. 

It was getting near low tide, exposing a lot of the pretty sea stars.

 

 

I continued around another point and spotted a little cove that looked interesting.  As I got closer, I spotted some movement onshore.  It was a mink!  He hung around just long enough for me to get this one shot.

 

As soon as I got the shot, I heard loons calling.  When I turned around, there sat two juvenile  Loons.

 

 

I felt the first puffs of wind and decided I’d better head back to the boat.  I’d ventured a little farther than I intended, so I had probably an hour-and-a half of paddling ahead of me. 

As I finally rounded the last point, I spotted Jubilación and decided to take one last photo for the day.

 

 

I saw that Al had set our crab trap while I was gone.  We’ve never done real well crabbing here, but you never know.