Took Nesi’ka for her inaugural float today.  Nesi’ka means "us together" in Chinook.  Seemed appropriate for a double kayak that we worked on together for a while and paddle together.  She handles like a dream, one of the best boats I have ever paddled.  It is light, tracks really well, slices through the water with little effort and even without seats of any sort (they haven’t come in yet) it is pretty comfortable for a short paddle.  I was amazed at how light it was, it was the first time I have picked it up, and I swear our bags with groceries from Costco weigh more!  It would be a bit awkward but I think one person could probably load and unload the boat from the car.

We put in at the public boat ramp at the Nisqually Reach and paddled around the delta for a couple of hours.  Of course there wasn’t anything in the boat as far as gear, but it was watertight at all the seals and just our bums got a bit wet from when we got in and from sitting on the bottom of the boat.  We couldn’t be happier and it was a great day for a paddle.