Cloudy Kayaking

Jess and I were invited by a friend of mine to go sea kayaking with his family and some of their friends out of Whittier.  Jess has a good bit of experience kayaking; me, less so.  The plan was to paddle out to Decision Point Marine Park, camp for the night, and return the next day.

 Jess on the paddle out.  The park is about 9 miles from Whittier.  As usual, Whittier was cloudy, but we didn't get rained on most of the first day and the water was glassy.

 Dan and I decided to take a swim.  It was brisk.  Dan's 8-year old was convinced shortly thereafter to take a swim herself (in a wetsuit).  After getting out, she promptly declared that it was a terrible decision.

 The boats beached at Decision Point.  Kayaking out to this spot put us solidly in Chugach National Forest's rain forest.

   Boardwalk up to our camping spot.  Everything was green.

 We had a sweet tent spot looking out into Blackstone Bay (though it's washed out by the contrast of the shade of the trees).

Another view of the rain forest.  We returned the next day in the rain.  It had been a while since I'd done an overnight sea kayaking trip.  It was overwhelmingly beautiful on the water and the forest adjacent to it, and something I'm looking forward to doing again.