Around and about

I've had the opportunity to explore a lttle more of the Shrinegar area. Went off on a shakira ride across the lake with the oldest paddler on the lake. He told me his father had paddled a shikira, he had started as a boy and was now 63 years old. We took it pretty slow. I talked to lots of waterbourne salesmen on my way down the gauntlet in front of the houseboats, might as well let their paddlers do some of the work for the old geezer.
First stop was Silver Island, a little patch of ground half way across the lake. Stopped in for a cup of tea in a houseboat moored to the shore. Got a closeup look at some of those fabulous walnut carvings.