Mon 23/03-2015 Day 818

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trip days left: 40
straight distance left: 805,5 km
Pos: here
Loc: Lagoa dos Patos
Acc: tent
Dist: 56,5 km
Start: 6:00 End: 16:50

Good progress today! Yesterday I was not happy…today fully! It is such a beautiful lagoon coast! I fully enjoy watching the many many birds, today some pink flamingos added to the pairs of white ducks with red feet and beak, to the swarms of white, black and black and white birds (sorry I don’t know the names), plus two pairs of emus on the beach. One pair was just on my camp meadow, hope they may or better may not knock on my door tonight! A water rat and the plenty cow herds plus some horses completed my animal entertainment. On the human side I counted four fishing boats out there, some more parked inside small tiny river mouths, two men on the beach waving at me, a bunch more on a few houses. Who said the southern side of the lagoon is deserted and bare of people?

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The many small river mouths are rather watering channels for the farm fields in the back country, each of them has a small or larger pump house. An electricity line is running all along the beach,feeding mainly the pump houses,but also the few farm houses.

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The water level was lower today than on my first day,interesting how the wind drives the water up.It was a low south east wind all night and the first two hours, low headwind, but from the land creating no waves on the water. It breezed a bit up for an hour,but then it was turning NE-following wind! Yahoo! Despite bringing dark clouds and light rain almost all day, it was best paddling. No waves, good wind, close to a beautiful coast, lots of stuff to see, warm enough with my jacket on all day despite being wet.

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The end of the day, before turning around the point, brought some nice waves hitting the spit, but breaking just slowly if at all and no problem. Just fun pushing and playing! The spit was long and once I could cross funny bumpy until I was in dead calm and shallow water again. I took the first good meadow to camp, hoping to see the two emus again who were there before I landed.Camping on grass is just nice and clean, despite being a bit sweating wet under the pad and gear bags in the morning. The sun came out the last hours,and it is just a beautiful lagoon campsite! Paddling the lagoonswas the best decision I could make! Just lovely.

 

8 comments on “Mon 23/03-2015 Day 818

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Ricardo

“Lagoa dos Patos” (Duck´s Pond), what a propper name!

By the way, Brazil is a country of superlatives: they call a 250km (160 miles) long lake “pond”. That´s really an ocean! haha

Randall Lackey

GOOD TO READ OF YOUR WONDERFULLY ENJOYABLE DAY,EVEN WITH THE RAIN YOU SOUND AS THOUGH IT WAS A GOOD DAY. YOU’RE CERTAINLY DESERVING TO HAVE THOSE DAYS TOO,WITH ALL YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH ON THIS TRIP. SORRY ABOUT THE ALL CAPS.I HAD HALF IT TYPED BEFORE I LOOKED,SAFE PADDLING.

Sônia

I’m soo glad you enjoy the day. And I like the way you write about it. It seems as I had travelled with you. Good winds, good news, good progress and it’s soo near finishing your journey. Did you take pictures today, didn’t you? Show them please. Maybe I can help you to identify the birds

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