Wow. We thought this was going to be an easy day, but instead we are crawling into our tent before 9 o'clock.
The day started around 10:30 when we finally took off from our campsite. (We seem to have sped up all processes of camping/paddling except for repacking each morning). Our initial plan was to stop at a campsite about 9 miles down the river at the top of Lake Seminole. However, about 1 o'clock we were making such good pace that we decided to push on to a campsite about 7 miles further. These next 7 miles were straight up exhausting. There ceased to be beaches to stop and rest on so we did not get out of our wet kayaks for 7 straight hours! By 530 we were ecstatic to reach our campsite and put on dry clothes.
One of the cool events of the day happened just after we started our paddle. I looked at the GPS and saw that there were large lakes just to the side of the river. We saw a creek and naturally decided to explore it. Just before we entered, I threw a topwater rubber frog at the entrance hoping for a big bass. Instead, out came a large owl trying to snatch the fake frog off of the surface of the water. I casted again and the same thing happened, only this time Ben got it on film.
Lake seminole has been very interesting so far. There are large, shallow coves and creeks surrounded by tall grass. It is certainly different from the lakes around Atlanta- I've never seen anything like it.
After we settled in at camp, two very nice country men (father and son) approached us. For the second night in a row, we were entertained for an hour by countless stories from their pasts. They invited us into their camper and offered us some burgers, which we gladly accepted. It is great to see just how people open up to us once we tell them about our trip.
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