A Cool Paddle

I managed to get out for a couple hours of paddling yesterday before I was scheduled to meet a colleague for lunch. As I was about to leave the house I had a bit of a surprise from our cat, Kitty Black. Didn't take him long to find a new high place to nap on.



It was an unusually cool day for Mississippi. The air temperature was around 75 F and a water temperature of 78 F. That sure beats paddling when the temperatures were 95 and 87, respectively. I went across Ross Barnett Reservoir and back, for a total of about 7.7 miles in 2 hours 15 minutes. And I needed a lot less drinking water than previous paddles! Hopefully we won't have too much impact from Hurricane Ike at the end of the week.