On a grey, cool, windy, and rainy morning I headed out for my 73rd day of paddling in 2021.    I launched at Edith Lake and paddled around the shoreline of the lake for 2 loops.

Even the ducks were sheltering in the cool and wet conditions, but with a spray skirt, gloves, and a waterproof paddling jacket I kept up a steady pace for 75 minutes.

The winds picked up and the temperature dropped, a good motivation for steady paddling along the lakeshore.

Although Edith is a popular fishing lake, there was only one boat on the water when I started and none when I left.

After a summer of paddling in warm conditions, it’s time to break out the cool weather gear until the end of the paddling season.

I have paddled most of the local lakes, but there are a couple I still want to do, including Red Lake, Saul Lake, Hyas Lake, and some others, all by the end of the season.