Mason Neck, VA (USA)

Mollie asked if she could go kayaking with me this morning!  So I obliged her and we drove over to Mason Neck (0915).  When we arrived at my friend’s dock, we found the sea weed and sea grass were even worse than they were during my last visit. The tide was quite high - we didn’t even have a beach to launch from but managed to get both boats in the water alright. For the next hour or so, we paddled around on the “Sargasso Sea” (aka Pohick Bay in the Potomac) - it was better away from the shore but both of us got covered in the “green stuff”. We were blessed with high overcast and cool air temp and the water temp was just right. Out in the channel, we had to paddle just to stand still - there was a pretty stiff wind from the north and some good sized waves. We saw lots of birds - they lifted off the docks or rocks, gliding vertically in the air without even flapping their wings. We tracked north a few hundred yards and then reversed, passing the landing and continuing another few hundred yards south. We wanted to go farther from the dock but it was a LOT of work. Overall, though, we had a great time out on the water and look forward to our return!