We had only 4 of us (out of an original 14, 10 bailed thinking the weather
would be bad, which it wasn't at all) at RWC Harbor today. Really strong
headwind slowed us down to half speed, so by the time we got to Corkscrew
Slough, it was already too late. Tide was shooting out and that's too shallow.
In fact, I got caught on a sandbar for a while going back through Steinberger
Slough! That was a heart stopper as it's all mud there if you do get caught. I had visions of spending the 12 hours there awaiting the high tide. Damn glad to power off the bar (thank you Big Al).
But
we had a great time, because the weather was clear. Lots of birds, but no
mammals in sight.
So I made every single error you can make with the Gopro! Talk about
amateur hour. And I did try to deal with it, but simply failed. Got the dreaded
fogging. Somehow switched accidentally to burst mode instead of video, so used
up 999 pix of nothing in no time! Couldn't see what was what or figure out how
to know when the cam was on on the headstrap. And also on recc of youtube video angled the camera down a bit too far.
So I got a lot of not so great shots for my troubles, and I had so been looking
forward to taking good video. Ah well....
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