As you can see, not too many people were out on adjacent Overpeck Creek at that hour of the day—partly because the forecast called for rain by early to mid afternoon (which arrived as predicted).
I imagine, however, that with summer arriving, people
will have more free time to venture out on this calm stream.
For the last week or so especially, as the weather has
warmed up, I’ve wanted to photograph this activity. But the conditions weren’t
right: trees getting in the way, say, or the kayakers moving just beyond the
range of my camera.
But today, the conditions were just right. There were
several kayakers together (even more than in this picture), they had slowed
down, and I was on a bank with nothing blocking the view. I was delighted to
have an opportunity for this shot—almost as much as I am for the onset of
lovely weather brought on by spring itself.
This afternoon, with temperatures climbing to around
70 degrees, I decided to go outside, since who knew how many more days so good
I could enjoy this fall? Plenty of other people had the same idea when I walked around Overpeck County Park in
Leonia, NJ.
The last several weeks, with all the snow, cold and
rain, haven’t been conducive for exercise. (I don’t count shoveling a foot of
snow without pay as exercise—it’s more like murder on the back.) This weekend,
once the skies cleared, I couldn’t wait to get out, even for less than an hour,
and walk around in Overpeck County Park,
near me in Bergen County, N.J. 
