As the summer winds down, some of the lakes start to shrink from both evaporation and from draw down for irrigation.    Bleeker Lake is quite low right now and Walloper Lake too has receding shorelines and shallow bays.    The shallowest bays are now full of aquatic vegetation, making paddling difficult.    Nevertheless, on a fairly clear day, I launched and paddled for 4.4 km around the lake.

There were loons, ducks, great blue herons, and an osprey on the lake.   Some aquatic plants were blooming in the bays.

There were smoky areas around, but the skies over the Lac le Jeune area were clear for another day of paddling in the high country.