As usual, today was the day for kayaking. We returned to the Pelorus River for the third weekend in a row. Devon wanted to try out his snorkeling gear on some of the deeper parts of the river. It was sunny and humid today, with an uncertain nor-wester that moved the odd misty rain cloud briskly across the sun.
We saw a variety of wild life...
- a large, feed-the-family sized brown trout swam under my kayak near the start of the run.
- two dear, a doe and a foal, emerged from the bush about 100 meters ahead of us and waded across the river.
- a family of paradise duck with four chicks
- we even spotted a young, attractive, human couple, er... 'frolicking' naked on the river bank, who apparently thought they had the whole area to themselves, and were not expecting to encounter a couple of kayakers with goofy grins on their faces quietly paddling by! lol
Unfortunatly Devon was too slow with the binoculars to get a photo of the 'frolicking' couple, but we think he got a couple of shots of the dear which I will hopefully be able to post tommorrow. Here are some pictures I got today...
Devon on a typical Pelorus River rapid.
 
Snorkeling in one of the deeper parts of the river.
9:15:02 PM 
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