Good Old Tampa Bay

The cold front finally passed over Tampa Bay today, the forecast area saw winds from 18-20mph and water temperatures in the lower 70s. I kited from Picnic Island which is a City of Tampa managed park, a really beautiful area of flats and deep water. Like many water front parks in Tampa, you can find areas of flat water and chop. With the strong westerly today there was fun to be had where the thigh high chop met the areas of flats to the west of Mac Dil Air Force Base.
I was wondering were all the kiters were today as I was alone for a good part of the day, except for about an hour when Ken Brackins (of Ricks on the River) and I kited together.
I got a chance to ride his 9m Core kite ,which I found very easy to boost with and stable through all parts of the window.
For the rest of the time I kited into the middle of the bay and found an exposed tidal island.
I felt very lucky to be able to kite so far and find myself so alone in Tampa Bay. I could see both downtown Tampa and St. Petersburg from the middle of the bay. I took great satisfaction knowing that I was alone.
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