Northern Lagoon at Miles Inlet
June 14 (Friday) In the morning we made some hot tea, and took it with us in our kayaks for an early morning paddle. It was a beautiful sunny morning, no fog, which was a first in awhile, and also different than forecasted. We headed for the northern and larger of the lagoons here, and since the tide was low there was a waterfall flowing out. Bubbles from the waterfall heading into the lagoon. We were able to find a spot to get out just down from the turbulence from the falls, and portaged our kayaks, one at a time, over the slippery and somewhat unstable jumble of rocks covered in very sharp barnacles. There are several different types of barnacles, I can't remember all of their names, but the ones that were at the rapids are the ones we have come to expect near areas of continual current. They are much longer and have razor sharp edges, much more dangerous than the regular seashore barnacle. We both got minor cuts from them, and we have decided that leather gloves...