We had another perfect day today. After breakfast we left around 9am and took our neighbor’s kayak to Nantucket Harbor for a day out on Coatue. It is a spit of land across from Nantucket town that is only accessible by boat or a four wheel drive vehicle at low tide via Great Point. If you want privacy in the summer, that’s where you go! We rented two more kayaks from “Sea Nantucket” so we had a small fleet among us. Carla, Dave and Ellie were in the Stott’s boat, Mom and Dad in a double, and Kiera, Kendall and I shared a double with a third seat. Kendall helped me paddle on the way over and she sure did her fair share of the work while Kiera dangled her feet and arms off the front of the boat and enjoyed the peaceful ride. We paddled in perfect unison and worked well together as a team so it was fun! She told me on the way out, “That’s okay mom, you don’t have to paddle. I can take care of it”. Soooo Kendall…and the truth is, she probably could!
We brought a picnic lunch and our Quohog license so we spent the day out in the shallow waters digging our toes in the sand looking for dinner and collecting scallop shells. It’s something to get used to since you’ll occasionally feel a nibble on your toes from little fish or crabs so the girls preferred the shore or the safety of the kayak while the adults searched for the quohogs. Dad was the hero today, and he supplied us with about 30 quohogs to go with our lobster dinner that evening!
On the way back we had a bit of an adventure. The girls and I were paddling back through the moored boats and saw some kids on their blaster behind their boat. Somehow the blaster got untied and the current quickly took the 4 of them away from their moored boat. Fortunately,they reacted quickly and grabbed the next buoy about 75 yards away from their boat, but they were definitely in a predicament. The mom was very worried and still on their boat so we yelled and asked if she wanted help. We paddled over to the buoy and were somewhat relieved when one of the “kids” was the dad, but none of them were wearing life jackets. The current was too strong for him to swim back or for me to tow them back, and the mom did not know how to drive the boat over, so we took on a 4th passenger and brought the dad back to their boat while my parents stayed with the kids on the buoy in their kayak. The dad was then able to drive the boat back over to the buoy and pick up the kids. Needless to say they were very thankful and the mom was a bit shaken, but they all got back on the boat safely. If it hadn’t been for that buoy they happened to float by, they would have been all the way to Monomoy in about 5 minutes and I don’t know what the mom would have done! It sure says something for life jackets though, and I hope their kids always have them on next time.
We slowly caught up to Carla and Dave and found Ellie asleep in their kayak – the full day and the lull of the paddles and water was too much for her. She looked pretty happy and comfortable! So was I. We headed home to a beautiful Madaket sunset, and ended our day of utopia with fresh lobster and crabcakes from Sayles and steamed quohogs from Coatue.
We brought a picnic lunch and our Quohog license so we spent the day out in the shallow waters digging our toes in the sand looking for dinner and collecting scallop shells. It’s something to get used to since you’ll occasionally feel a nibble on your toes from little fish or crabs so the girls preferred the shore or the safety of the kayak while the adults searched for the quohogs. Dad was the hero today, and he supplied us with about 30 quohogs to go with our lobster dinner that evening!
On the way back we had a bit of an adventure. The girls and I were paddling back through the moored boats and saw some kids on their blaster behind their boat. Somehow the blaster got untied and the current quickly took the 4 of them away from their moored boat. Fortunately,they reacted quickly and grabbed the next buoy about 75 yards away from their boat, but they were definitely in a predicament. The mom was very worried and still on their boat so we yelled and asked if she wanted help. We paddled over to the buoy and were somewhat relieved when one of the “kids” was the dad, but none of them were wearing life jackets. The current was too strong for him to swim back or for me to tow them back, and the mom did not know how to drive the boat over, so we took on a 4th passenger and brought the dad back to their boat while my parents stayed with the kids on the buoy in their kayak. The dad was then able to drive the boat back over to the buoy and pick up the kids. Needless to say they were very thankful and the mom was a bit shaken, but they all got back on the boat safely. If it hadn’t been for that buoy they happened to float by, they would have been all the way to Monomoy in about 5 minutes and I don’t know what the mom would have done! It sure says something for life jackets though, and I hope their kids always have them on next time.
We slowly caught up to Carla and Dave and found Ellie asleep in their kayak – the full day and the lull of the paddles and water was too much for her. She looked pretty happy and comfortable! So was I. We headed home to a beautiful Madaket sunset, and ended our day of utopia with fresh lobster and crabcakes from Sayles and steamed quohogs from Coatue.
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