Day 18- By Payne

We did in fact wake up at 11:15pm, technically yesterday. We packed up and skipped on “breakfast.” Liza felt bad so she was absent for the first half of the kayaking journey, resting instead. We set off around 12:30am while it was nice and cool. The only things that lit up the area were the stars and the lights on top of three flag poles hooked onto the kayaks. There were small crabs swimming around here and there. During the night paddle everyone was pumping out mileage and awake. It was not till we got near the half way point when people started getting tired, some falling asleep for a few seconds. Once we got to the landing dock, which was the half way point, most people ate a quick breakfast and then passed out on the dock for an hour nap. It ended up helping everyone get through the rest of the day. While most of us were asleep, Austin and Emily came by to heat up some coffee for us and to drop Liza off. From there we left around 8:00am to paddle the rest of the way to the Chesapeake Bay where we stayed at the Delta Yachting Center. The second half was a bit more vigorous yet the wind was not bad at all. It was mostly hot and muggy, though luckily there was overcast to take off some of the heat. When we were a few miles from our final destination we went around “Parrot Island.” Took a short break there and eventually reached the Delta Yachting Center around 12:30pm!! Everyone was so excited and Emily and Austin once again met us there and helped us with the kayaks. We took pictures of completion and word got out that there was a pool. We all ran to get some munchy food and then jumped into the pool to cool off. While swimming in the clean salt water pool, Onna Grimm, came to talk to us about the marina. She and her husband have owned the place for about ten years now. We had free time to set up tents, hang out, and clean out the kayaks for transportation for tomorrow. Left around 5:45pm for the dinner reservations which was at a restaurant called The Gallery. It was delicious and I am under the impression that everyone enjoyed it! None of us had to prepare for a meal nor clean up afterwards, as well as actually eat real food. When we got back to the center, we had meaningful tokens and a speech for the person and then the nightly debrief. The rest of the night people talked about the trip and other miscellaneous topics!