Sometimes leaving to go cruising has hiccups. This year, red tide coupled with winds in the wrong direction caused us to take a detour. After all, this is supposed to be fun!
Kayaking a few miles of the Great Calusa Blueway allowed us to enjoy the white pelicans, a soaring bald eagle overhead competing with lots of kamikaze ospreys. Mullet jumping kept us jumping as well - what happens if one of them jumps into the kayak? I'd jump out! Just then, a pair of graceful eagle rays swam beneath my kayak.
More of the Great Calusa Blueway ... paddling in quiet waters surrounded by little gray herons, great blue herons, white egrets, diving cormorants, plentiful white ibis' ... plus total quiet and peace in the midst of a fairly surburban setting. Maybe we'll leave to go cruising on the next weather window....