Inflatable Kayak Blog

It was time to check out and head home from our trip to Fairfield Glade, but it was such a nice morning and we really didn’t have to be back home at any certain time so we decided to take one more paddle before we left. Lake Dartmoor was close by so, even though we had been there before, we decided to go there again. It was a little windy and the lake was a bit rougher than it was the time before. There were small white caps in places, but we seemed to get through them without any problems. Going into the wind we could paddle right where we wanted to go. But when we had the wind at our backs it was harder to paddle straight. We figured that since the inflatable kayak sits a little higher in the water, the wind probably affected our ability to paddle in a straight line. We also thought about getting a Sea Eagle Quiver Sail for situations like this to add a little ‘sailing’ to our ‘paddling’. The Quiver Sail is a hand held sail that can be used with almost any type of kayak, or light watercraft, even hard shells.

We weren’t the only ones out enjoying the day; there were two other kayakers out there too. We were paddling in the same area as one of them and got to chat for a bit as we paddled along. She lived on the lake and got out paddling quite often. We paddled on the far side of the lake this time checking out more of the beautiful, big houses. Seeing we still had to get things packed up to head home, we only stayed out for about a half hour. We got the boat all packed up, checked out of the room and got on the road before noon. The nice thing about the inflatable kayak is that you can carry it with you when you travel. And every time we passed a nice river or a scenic lake on our trip home, we would make a mental note of more places we’d like to kayak.