<li>Date traveled – Sept 20, 2013</li>
<li>length of trip – 7.1 miles</li>
<li>weather – clear, little breeze, about 70 degrees</li>
<li>Time on the water- 2.5 hours
This is a trip that I have been hoping to take for a long time. Usually the parking is full. There is only enough parking for a few cars. Thousands of cars drive past the drop in point on a summer day. It is located on route 101 just before reaching the beach. Today there were no other cars. I drove past the memorial for the Hampton marshland and parked as far from the water as possible. The tide was still coming in and it was full moon which meant higher than normal high tide. I put the kayak in the water and decided to go where the current was taking me. Because the tide was still coming in the flow was away from the harbor.
I went into the area between route 101 and Winnacunnet rd. I was going in and out the different water inlets. There were birds all around me. Some of the birds I could not identify. I did recognize blue herons, egrets, ducks, Black Scoter , the illustrious seagull, and other birds that I could not recognize. The birds seem scared of my red kayak (red in the animal kingdom means danger). The tide started going out and I was rowing against the current. As I was closer to Winnacunnet Rd. the current got stronger. I did not know there was a place for water to go out into the ocean on this side of the marshland. (opposite side away from the harbor). It was strenuous going against the current. I finally got to the point where I was rowing with the current. I got to where the car was but decided to go further to the harbor. The current became stronger as I near the harbor. I felt that I was being pulled in. I did not want to go into the harbor. I rowed back to the car after one small detour. As I saw the car I was glad that I parked where I did. The rocks indicated the level of the water at high tide stopped short by about 6 inches before the water would have approached the car. My arms were feeling it when I went ashore. Like normal I felt like I just felt satisfied.
Kayaking in New Hampshire Seacoast 