Catching Up 1
Oct. 8th, 2011 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillA week ago Thursday I saw in the paper that TVA was having a kayak tour of Douglas Lake Saturday. (quick geography reference; I normally canoe on Cherokee Lake, north of me. It's a big lake, but the closest part is two blocks away. Douglas Lake is equally big, but half an hour south of me; this geographical barrier was apparently insurmountable until Saturday.) So I asked around, couldn't find anyone free to go with me, and went to the kayak tour by myself. Well, with Moxie, but by myself as regards human company.
It turned out to be a small group. As in, me, Aurora from TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority that built all the dams hereabouts), Matt from TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency--the fish and game wardens) and Matt's little son, a bundle of energy and curiosity that fortunately never quite leapt out of their canoe.
I almost felt bad; if it hadn't been for me, Matt and Aurora could have gone about the rest of their Saturday normally. But I had fun on the tour. We didn't cover the whole lake (not possible) but I did get to find out where Henderson Island Wildlife Refuge is, and some nice day I will go back and paddle around it more.
We saw an osprey fly off and come back with a fish. I got a photo of it flying but was at the wrong angle when it came back.
Also we saw otters. Four otters playing and diving over each other in front of us and then they swam away before I could get more than one hasty snap off, but you can kind of see one otterhead shape in the middle of it if you look carefully. If you click through to flickr I have boxed it.
It turned out to be a small group. As in, me, Aurora from TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority that built all the dams hereabouts), Matt from TWRA (Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency--the fish and game wardens) and Matt's little son, a bundle of energy and curiosity that fortunately never quite leapt out of their canoe.
I almost felt bad; if it hadn't been for me, Matt and Aurora could have gone about the rest of their Saturday normally. But I had fun on the tour. We didn't cover the whole lake (not possible) but I did get to find out where Henderson Island Wildlife Refuge is, and some nice day I will go back and paddle around it more.
We saw an osprey fly off and come back with a fish. I got a photo of it flying but was at the wrong angle when it came back.
Also we saw otters. Four otters playing and diving over each other in front of us and then they swam away before I could get more than one hasty snap off, but you can kind of see one otterhead shape in the middle of it if you look carefully. If you click through to flickr I have boxed it.
