We met Jim and Jan on the beach where they had their kayaks chained to a tree for safe keeping so they didn't have to haul them back and forth to camp. After they donned their garb and cast off, we went to the southern end of the Lagoon Ridge trail to begin our hike.
While Jim and Jan were paddling northward in the bay to the east of the lagoon, Marsha and I were hiking in the same direction, but on the ridge to the west of the lagoon. We only got an occasional glimpse of the lagoon through the trees from the trail. At the north end of the trail, we walked through the group camp area to Bay View Road and took it east for about a mile to hook up with the Barrier Beach Trail, which we hiked yesterday. The Barrier Beach Trail, much of it boardwalk, is a bit shorter and much easier walking, so we go back to camp in about 35 minutes.
After a late lunch and a much needed shower, we all jumped into the car and headed to town to explore Tom's Burned Down Cafe. It was certainly a unique place, but the patrons seemed to be locals who were celebrating the end of the tourist season. We pretty much kept to ourselves. The bar tender said they had Wi-Fi, but neither my PC nor phone could find it, so I didn't post yesterday's blog entry on time.
Back at camp about 5:15, Jim fired up the Smokey Joe and we enjoyed dinner in the comfortably cool evening air. We sat by the fire until about 10:00 without even having our jackets on. Unbelievable weather!
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