I was lucky enough to get a kayak for Father's Day.
Life has been hella-hectic the last few months. So when we got a chance to go out on the water last weekend, we jumped at it and put the boats in on Tierra Verde.
The conditions really couldn't have been more perfect.
Low wind, sunny, calm water.
The horseshoe crabs were molting their shells.
We paddled out to Shell Key Preserve, just off the tip of Pass-a-Grille.
They have a few rules there.
And a few shells. Hence the name.
The highlight of the day: Paddling back into a narrow channel inside a mangrove stand. It was so unbelievably peaceful.