I was up early this morning, anxious to get out on the water while the morning light was still good.

The beautiful big Madrone trees along the shoreline are spectacular in the magical morning light.

I thought I spotted berries, but it turned out to be brilliantly red leaves.

I spotted a blue heron standing still as a statue on top of a piling. 

Interesting rock formations caught my eye.

A kingfisher, busy fishing for breakfast, landed in a nearby tree.

At one time I think this must have been a boathouse.  However, Al pointed out the fact that there is no way a boat could have gotten inside the boathouse due to the pilings.  I told him, “Well it’s picturesque anyway”.

I paddled for a couple of hours, and then headed back to the boat to make Belgian waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast.  They were scrumptious.

There have been so many boats coming and going today, creating uncomfortable wakes that send our boat rocking and rolling, that we decided to move to Hunter Bay, where we hope to get some relief.

We found that most of the boats had left Hunter, probably headed home so they can go to work tomorrow (I do love retirement), so we had our pick of anchoring spots.