Low Winds Mean a Nice Day for a Paddle at Jenner

Tuesday August 11, 2020 Jenner CA.

Paddle at Jenner

The weather guys said the wind was down today at Jenner so once I got it going I drove on down there and put my boat in the water. I always paddle across the river to Penny Island to sit for a bit and decide which way to go for the day, up or down river.

Penny Island.

It was a bit overcast with high fog today but it’s the ocean so that’s just fine. Keeps it from getting too hot.

Up river

I headed on up the river slowly taking my time.

And stopped at this spot for a bit to sit and watch.

When I continued I passed by this egret which was just resting on the log with one eye on me of course.

I paddled along here along the shore line.

River otters

I spotted some movement up ahead in the water and it looked like river otters so I slowly got closer to  have a look as they jumped up on a rock.  I got pretty close to them. They weren’t too skittish which is sometimes the case.

So I was able to get some good pictures of them watching me.

Eventually they dumped back into the water and moved down river and I continued up river.

Nice spot

I paddled up to this spot and sat for a good while. The wind died for about a half hour looking back down river towards Jenner.

Headed down rive to the mouth area

After sitting in that spot for awhile I headed back down the river heading towards the river’s open mouth area.

This big brown pelican flew by me. They never seem to have a smile.

I could see move pelicans and critters down at the mouth as I approached.

I paddled by these birds.

Mouths open

And paddled into the mouth looking at the ocean out there.

There were some harbor seals resting on the sand on the right. I think they are about to get wet, but hey, they don’t care.

There were lots of critters resting on the right side, mostly birds.

I spent about a half hour looking around at the wild life at the mouth then headed back over to the lower end of Penny Island  where I went by this lone pelican.

There were also some terns resting there on the gravel.

From there it wasn’t far to paddle back to the boat launch where I put the boat on the car and went on home for a much needed nap.

Once I was rested up I went out to check on the chickens and mostly chair hopped the rest of the day away.

Nice day.