Kayaking with Dolphins, etc.

I kayak in the bay several times a week.  It’s good exercise; and my biggest challenges are the wind (causing a choppy current), or the gnats 😉

The ocean is different.  Even on a calm day, the waves can catch you off guard and topple the boat.  A large,solid molded plastic item crashing into you as you tumble in the surf… hurts!

So why bother?  The dolphins.

There is nothing more amazing than a large group of dolphins swimming within a few feet.  They are larger and louder (breathing through their blow hole) than you expect.

This morning, I paddled through several huge schools of smaller fish- not sure of the species-  the only one I can reference is piranha!  The fish were swimming close to the surface, and splashing around.  And of course, I wondered what was chasing THEM!  Thankfully, the dolphins were following nearby to make my adventure complete.

P.S.  Informed by a serious fisherman- what I saw this morning: “king fish”…not  piranha!  Good news  🙂