Yakkity Yak- Trip Two: South Inlet

Something you may not know about me.

I'm not a very outdoorsy type of person. I'm really not. I am deathly afraid of bees (nope, not allergic just scared) and I hate bugs of pretty much every kind. Lately the sun bothers me- It makes me itch.

But I'm trying. REALLY. I'm trying very hard to change these things. So the kayaking adventures I hope, will help.

Today we jetted up north to the Adirondacks again, and found a nice journey called South Inlet which is a calm waterway (4miles round trip) that empties into Raquette Lake.
It was a lovely location, very scenic. We did not see much in the way of wildlife.  At the end of the stream, there was a waterfall that emptied down into the inlet, but the black flies were so fierce here, that we didn't stick around long and paddled our way back to the truck.


 Here is the put in, kind of a little stepped pathway down to the water.

Black flies were thick. We were covered in bug spray and sunscreen. But they were relentless.



But the view was promising!

It wasn't too bad out on the water. Pretty easy to paddle on the way to the waterfall but on the way back I really struggled to keep my kayak straight. The water kept trying turn me around which frustrated me. It was a long paddle back to the truck.


This sums up my feeling on BLACK FLIES.










We stopped in at Daikers, on the way home, for some lunch. It's a nice bar/restaurant situated right on  Fourth Lake and had a nice deck out on the back. I enjoyed that margarita- muy bueno.







 Smiling again!





Didn't see any heart shaped rocks this time around- bummer! But I'll be looking for them on my future trips!

What a gorgeous day for an adventure like this. 80 and sunny.

See ya later, I'm off to put on some bug bite juice to sooth the black fly bites,  and some aloe for this itchy sunburn.