re: I’m planning on Kayaking the entire Texas coast - Update 2.0 bot. Pg. 6 - Hoist the sail!

Just had my first real paddle. Roughly 10 miles total. 5 miles from the house to a sandbar in the middle of the lake and then back. Took roughly 2.5 hours.

I had the wind at my back and took a pretty leisurely pace there, tried to snap some photos of my surroundings and get my paddle stroke rhythm down. Took 10-15 minutes to chill on the sandbar. Coming back was much harder as I was tired and paddling into the wind. Didn’t stop paddling.

My hands aren’t as chewed up as I thought they would be and I managed to stay dry the whole time. Back not hurting as bad as I thought it would from that shitty seat. Overall a very good first day.

I plan to do the same route and distance tomorrow without stopping at all and getting a better idea of my true pace - w/o me dicking around so much. I’m pretty confident I can do it in 1 hr 45 minutes tomorrow.

Here are some pictures I managed to snag -