sandy island

Dolphins! In the river! A pod of four spouting beside our kayaks a little upriver from the landing...a Memorial Day treat for Donna, a repeat customer, and her crew of three, one of whom was an ornithologist, all of whom were cool. Swamp rose in good bloom, herons and osprey on display. We had the river unbelievably all to ourselves on this morning that started overcast and ended sunny. No gators or snakes, but a few sunning turtles and lots of water gliders, dragonflies, prothonotary warblers, and a single red cardinal blotching red the swamp. We made it into Vaux Creek just as the tide turned, and got out on the island for a hike with white-tailed deer running through the forest. Yellow pitcher plants, turkey tracks, songbirds, oh my. On the way back the boat traffic had picked up, but we raced home safely along the shoreline with the tide pushing us as though the Waccamaw were a lazy river. The landing was packed with the holiday weekend boaters blasting their engines and music, but we got out safely and all the wiser for yet another terrific River Reader trip.
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