Shark!

We saw this beach cover-up for sale in the kids' department at our local Sears when we'd dropped by to return a Lands' End totebag that turned out to be a little smaller than what Carole wanted.

We asked if they had it in adult sizes but, regrettably, the answer was "no".

Kayaking Mallett's Bay

Today we kayaked Mallett's Bay, an arm of Lake Champlain sheltered from the choppier water of the broad lake by the Colchester-to-South Hero causeway that we've so often hiked and biked. For years we didn't know of any good spots on the Bay to put our kayaks in the water, but we finally found that the Lake Champlain Committee has a Paddler's Trail put-in on private land on Mallett's Head. A week later we were out on the water.

It was a fun paddle but lawsy, we had more wakes to cope with there than virtually anyplace we've ever kayaked. As a popular anchorage, Mallett's Bay is home to half the boats on the Vermont side of the lake -- and a lot of those boats like to zoom around towing water skiers or some sort of tow-behind towable float. We saw one boat crack the whip on a towed float and send the rider literally flying through the air. (The rider probably enjoyed it.) Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos.

Pictures are here: http://www.furrs.org/images/mallettsbay/default.htm