Today I finally got in a boat again. The bright spring morning with flat water begged my to hall out a kayak and paddle over to Blake Island, stretch the legs with the four mile perimeter hike and then paddle back. Esther would liked to have joined me, but she had shopping to attend to. I wanted to accurately measure the distances, so put my Apple Watch to work. The distance from Southworth ferry dock where I launch to the south campground is 1.3 miles. Interestingly, following the perimeter trail, the distance from the south campground to the marina is 1.3 miles, the distance from the marina to the westside beach is 1.3 miles, and the distance from the westside beach to the south campground is 1.3 miles.
I paddled on calm water to the island, and ditched the kayak in the driftwood. The perimeter trail winds through a variety of forest biomes, madrone, fir, cedar and alder; each with their unique undergrowth. The was a surprising amount of mud and water on the trail. In the dozens of times that I have walked the trail, I have never seen as much mud. I only met a few other hikers. I heard plenty of eagles and a few owls and saw a couple deer. The paddle back home had some mild cross wind, but was very manageable, though the starboard waves got me a little wet.
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