Did the kayak/run biathlon thing again today. Beautiful, low humidity, 80-degree day so I set out for Parker's Creek Landing and took the short jaunt over to Metompkin Island (about 2 miles out). The island is growing more substantial these days. It has sometimes had large washover areas, but it is developing more substantial dunes with dune grass cover. The beach is really wide in many places. I'm liking this island.
Ran down to the tip and back, then north and back for an hour long run. You can see how much the island has shifted by comparing my run route (in blue) to the white outline of the island that Google has (from a few years ago, I'd imagine). I didn't run out into the water as it seems to show.
Saw a few small sea turtles. Kept my distance from the nesting birds. (Like Smith, during this time of the year the island is closed for most of its length above the high tide line.) But loved, loved, loved this day.
4 miles paddling
5.6 miles running
1 hour run
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