Chimney Bluffs, NY Canoe Excursion

Had a great excursion to East Bay and Chimney Bluffs this past week! Started out at a creek that led into East Bay (A few miles east of Sodus Bay, NY), paddled through the creek and East Bay into Lake Ontario and onward to Chimney Bluffs.

The Bluffs were wild, as I approached they loomed up from the shoreline like fingers reaching to the sky, it was cool. I was paddling into the sun, so the shadows enhanced the imposing appearance of the windswept shapes.

I took a bunch of pictures of the Bluffs, I'll post a few below to give you an idea of what these things looked like.

On the way through the creek I passed by a bunch of Herons, and an edgy group of six swans that wouldn't give an inch of the passage as I tried to navigate through. At one point I thought one particularly snotty male was going to take a charge at me. Fortunately his aggressiveness stopped at staring me down and 'snorting' in my direction rather vigorously!

During my extended trip today (logged about 6 miles), I realize that I definitely need a kayak-style paddle. I've been using my traditional canoe paddle and it's a pain in the ass handling the boat solo and having to constantly switch sides to maintain forward motion, especially with a wind buffeting the boat from the side causing me to dead-eye all over the place. I'll have to make a trip to the paddling outfitter and see how much one of those slick sticks will set me back 'cause I need one!!

Here's a link to my Chumney Bluffs picture album on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13991097@N02/sets/72157602124936315/