Near the end of the paddling season, the bays were freezing over and snow and frost covered the vegetation on the shoreline.     I wore ski gloves to paddle and kept the outing under an hour.

Winds were cold.    The end of the season had arrived.    I broke ice on one of the bays:

At this point the first day of kayaking in 2023 was March 13 and the last day was November 12th.   Three months to the first spring paddle in 2024…