When the guy from kayaks rental realized that we are going for overnight paddling trip in Chesapeake bay in December, he got a little upset, but let us go. Patagonia team: Val, Dima, Sara, Mark and our paddling instructor Druce took off at 3 pm Saturday.
It was cold, but still. We planed long trip with short overnight camp on one of the islands.
The Sun set down, the full moon got up.
It was well below freezing and later at night, when we started looking for a camp, Druce pointed out some strange noise. Our kayaks started to scratch something that appeared to be thin layer of ice on the surface of the water. Paddling became more and more difficult and we realized that we might get stuck in this ice. We turned back and made it saftly to the shore, cracking significant ice fields on the way back. 24 hours training did not work and we spent the rest of the night in warm beds instead of ultralight tent. Good thing, we had enough time to practice ropes in the morning.
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