That was different

Made it to the lake,,, As I was pulling into one of my favorite put-ins,  a Park Ranger pulled in behind me.   No lights, just pulled up along side as I parked.  

No Kayaking today,,,

Small craft advisory on the lake due to high winds.  

Well, no way would I have known this since only one lake around here (and not the one I was at) uses VHF, and most craft don’t even have one onboard.   (I don’t have one, though its on my list of things to acquire if I do any long runs, river or coastal.)

We chatted for a few, and while there, maybe half hour, I heard ZERO BOATS on the water.    Took a walk to the shore just to look see (its gonna be obvious if I disrespect the po-po,,  Hard to hide a 17′ kayak)

No Boats in any direction,   water level up 3′ from the last time I was here (last Week)! and the waves are rolling and breaking off shore.   ROUGH!!!   

I would really have liked to get out in it, but that wind was definitely a deal killer.  The waves would have been a challenge, the winds would have kicked my ass.   It would have pushed me around big time and with power being Dio-type 1, mod 0-high milage unit,,,,  yeah,,, not a solo thing, even with the fact that I had a ranger hanging nearby to bust my ass for failure to follow a lawful order or any number of other charges.    The rough water tempted me, the wind decided me fully against, even it there hadn’t been a warning.     

Someday, somehow, I am going to get skooled on rough water off-shore kayaking.   Gonna have to wait until I can spend a week or more in South Carolina and arrange classes with SCK or one of the other ‘vendors’ there.

ain’t ded yet: I’ll get it eventually.