Here We Go A Kayaking!BaB

Another beautiful day in Naples!  We woke up to plenty of sunshine and around 53 degrees.  But it warmed up quickly to about 74.  Ken and got to Barry and Deb's CG at 9:45 and the 4 of us drove to the parking lot behind the Naples Zoo at Gordon River Greenway Park.  We launched our kayaks from there and went through some mangroves.  We actually paddled for about 3 hours from the Naples Zoo to Tin City.  We did take time to stop and eat our packed lunches in our kayaks.  The boats (yachts) that are docked near Tin City are amazing. Naples is known as an affluent area and if boats are any indication, the area is extremely wealthy!  It was a very beautiful and relaxing paddle.  It was the 1st time Ken and I have been in our kayak since last January, so we were tired by the time we had our kayak dried and loaded in the CRV.

This park was just opened this year.  Has beautiful bike
and walking trail.  Great place to launch kayaks!

The beginning of our paddle.  A narrow pathway, but quiet
and serene!

Barry and Deb make kayaking look easy.  She pedals and he
paddles!

Barry just glides through the water!

Deb makes pedaling look effortless, but we know it
takes leg strength!

These beautiful condos with fancy shops on the 1st floor are
so colorful  and the 1st thing you see when crossing the bridge
into Naples.  Tin City is on the other side of the bridge!

So many pelicans near the eating places at Tin City!

Just a small boat!

...and a few more small ones!  Their dingys  would be
nice size boats for most of us!

We pulled into a boat slip to eat our lunches!

Another picture of the pretty condos!

Near the end of our paddle!

We thanked Barry and Deb for the fun time, but declined their invitation to go out to eat together.  We were too tired, had leftovers that needed to be eaten, and wanted to start to get ready for our departure early Sunday morning.  We will get together with them tomorrow afternoon and Deb is making dinner for the 4 of us. Then we will enjoy playing some games.  We will be sad that our time with Barry and Deb will end tomorrow evening.  We always have such a special time with them and look forward to it every January.

Ken and I spent from 3:30 to 5:30 cleaning up outside Waldo and drying and packing up our kayak.  After showers and having dinner, we enjoyed an evening of relaxing and going to bed early.  Seems like today's paddle is something we are not used to doing.