On a clear night, when I lie in bed I can see a red light blinking out over the Bay. This warning beacon  is from Brandywine Light which warns mariners of the nearby Brandywine Shoal. I have fished in the area several times and it had been one of my goals to kayak to the lighthouse. Joe Link and I paddled our kayaks from Cox Hall Creek to Brandywine Light this morning. We launched at 7:00 AM in the fog with a calm Bay and bright sunshine. We left just about as high tide occurred, so we kept a constant compass bearing of 290 degrees to allow for some southward movement with the current due to the ebbing tide. The Bay remained calm, but visibility was reduced to about 2 miles as we neared the lighthouse at 8:45 AM. We paddled into the small "harbor" on the Delaware side of the artificial island surrounding  the lighthouse. We tied the kayaks and stretched and drank Gatorade up on the catwalk dock. On the way back we maintained a bearing of 90 degrees. At about 2 miles from land we each paddled a  line-of-sight course for our respective home beaches. At this point, the southerly current was rushing into our bows, so we each had a challenging paddle the rest of the way. I landed at 11:50 AM. The left picture below shows Joe in his kayak near the lighthouse. That's me in the center picture. The picture on the right is the lighthouse from up on the catwalk.