Kayaking at Sweets Marsh

Okay, so let me start out by saying that next time, I'll get some pictures of the other cool stuff, like the roller system on the truck used to haul my kayak, the dry bag that I hauled my camera in and maybe, if you're lucky, the actual kayak.

For now, it's pictures from the kayak, as I was in it the whole time.

My friend Janette and I went on a two hour tour of Sweets Marsh last night, one of the top 10 bird watching places in Iowa. The wind was really strong and this morning I'm feelin' it let me tell you!

Here we are getting started. We got in the kayak, situated a very little, and went promptly into the cattails!! What better chance to get the camera out and take a few pics, I say!
Janette was scared she was going to drop my camera in the water when she took my picture, but as she would say, "No Worries. It's All Good."

She said here, "Oh should I look all serious?" So we did.

There were soo many cattails. It was fun "sneaking" through them. Sometimes, it was a bit hard to maneuver through them. I'm just guessing this of course.


There were probably at least 25 kayaks and canoes on this little trip. It was such fun! Mostly friendly people all out to enjoy the evening, no matter the wind speed, and spot some birds.

Janette chose the front, but quickly figured out I was much of a steerer.
I told Janette, look that sun is really cool. If you turn around then I can take a picture of someone I actually know in it!! So she did!

I didn't put my telephoto lens on so when I did try to take pics of the birds, they were tiny specs because I didn't leave my camera around my neck to catch the really close ones. Live and learn or buy a new lens. So, the man giving the tour asked what the coolest thing we saw was...The swan! Definitely the swan!

Thanks Janette! I hope you had as much fun as I did! I'll start looking into those races soon....