Kayak Trip #34 Upper Chain in the Moonlight – 7/3/11

Our daughter, Holly came to visit for the 4th of July, so we packed up our inflatable and headed for the Upper Chain where we met with our friend, Phil for a moonlight paddle under the full moon. Holly had only kayaked once before, so Lynn let her use his hard kayak, and he took the blow-up. After paddling around the lakes a bit, we headed down the creek between Pope and Marl lakes. The woods were lit up with twinkly, “Christmas” lights, which were actually lightning bugs! It was beautiful! As we got to Marl lake, the moon was just rising in the east over the trees. What a beautiful sight! Big and orange. If it hadn’t been for the mosquitoes that were after us in spite of bug repellant, we might have stayed longer. We paddled back to the landing using a flashlight and moonlight. Pretty neat night!

See also Trip #2.