Clear the Head

I put in just as the tide peaks and head across the river to the four islands. I have always had a hard time remembering the two inner islands, Peacock and Carting, remembering the names of course, but not which is which. Looking at an old map the other day, I realized that Carting was actually the largest of the four.  I just never thought of it that way because Pope's Flat and Long Island (not that Long Island) are out in the river channel whereas Carting and Peacock are off to the side.

The temperature is already running up through the 40's and the wind is light and out of the NW. Paddling up the west shore puts me in calm air except for an occasional puff.

Today, it takes about an hour for politics to clear my head, such is the horseshit in Washington DC.

I pass the Dragonfly factory, deciding to go as far as Great Flat. In the creek inlet on the west shore, I find a small flock of Common Mergansers.  I return the way that I came.