South Branch Dead River

 A perfect day.   A blessed life.  Seriously.  It could not possibly have been anymore gorgeous today.  Sunny, mild breeze, crisp and clean air.  A great decision to go kayaking.  We headed to Flagstaff Lake in Eustis.  An easy launch with a few other boats.  Usually I head to the north and the islands for a quick trip.  Scott suggested heading south instead.  This was actually preferable since it was upwind and we have learned do the harder paddle first and "float" back to the starting point.  In all the years we have kayaked here, I never thought to head in that direction.

I always thought it was a dead end.  Hah!  It leads to the South Branch of the Dead River.  Amazing scenery.  Quiet.  Postcard photo worthy.  The Bigelow Preserve including Sugarloaf Mountain can be seen in the background.

With the water roughly 3 feet below "normal" we could not go far down river.  Still incredible.  The lazy float back included a couple side canals and loons!

Last night was successful!  We wound up going moose "hunting".  Scott bought a special light to shine out the window to assist.

And then s'mores.  With drizzly rain Scott opted to use the indoor wood stove.

                                            Scott and Rebecca ate theirs burned!  Uck!