The Kayak / Robber's Island

About six months ago I bought a kayak, and unlike the majority of impulse buys based around outdoor activities, I've actually put this thing to use enough times to officially say it was not a waste of money. The initial idea was that I wanted to get back into fishing but I didn't want to do anymore fishing from the sides of rivers and lakes like I had done through high school. The problem was that purchasing a boat right after buying a new truck was far over the line of fiscal irresponsibility. It just so happened that around that time a friend of mine named Joey had been talking about going kayak fishing on the bay. The stars aligned and I became the owner of a inexpensive (NOT CHEAP or poorly made) angler kayak from Bass Pro Shop. The kayak by itself cost me about $500, but the other items I purchased to make it fishing worthy, plus my fishing license, set me back another Benjamin. In the end, It looked like so:

So far I've been fishing in it three times, which probably doesn't seem like a lot. That's probably because it's not. The real value has come from casual paddles. The most recent being a casual paddle around Robber's Island, on the northern edge of Mobile, AL.

 Robber's Island is a great place to paddle, especially if you are the curious type and like looking in people's back yards. It's extremely peaceful, due to the lack of motorboat traffic. There were even geese and a few turtles sunning on the exposed ends of fallen trees. There's not much else to say, so I'll just include a video of my brother and I paddling around a bit.