Trip #11: Lake Merced

I went kayaking with Anders and Nina again today.  The original plan was to kayak from Oakland to SF but we were short of one life jacket and no place was open on Easter Sunday to sell us one. So, we went to Lake Merced instead.  

There is not much of an area to kayak as they don't allow you to kayak in the country club side of the lake.  Still, it was quite easy and comfortable paddling.  We had a nice crowd of people around us when we built the kayak, reminding me very much of my experiences in Singapore.  

Trip #10: Aquatic Park to Pier 39

My friend Albert (met at CBS but hung out together in Tokyo) was in town and since he'd never kayaked we decided to go out for a row.  The original plan was to circumnavigate Alcatraz, but the wind was blowing quite fiercely so we quickly abandoned that plan.  Instead, we head toward Pier 39.  The waves were the choppiest I have kayaked on in the SF area.  What a way to learn how to kayak.  To add to this the current was going very very strongly against us as we tried to go back to the harbor.  All in all a tiring but adventurous trip.