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An Early Spring Paddle

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Snow showers mantled the hills of Kamloops and the snow fell in the valley, but melted in the relatively warmer air.   It was a day for a river paddling, starting out at the end of the weather as foggy mists shrouded the hills.

 

A 10 km cool wind out of the east made the paddle upriver a bit more work, but over about an hour, the sun started to shine through the cloudy skies.

Downriver was shorter. The ducks and geese on the river ignored me as I floated by, enjoying the warmth of the sun on the river.

Edith Lake on a Grey, Windy Day

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When the weather is marginal I got to one of 4 lakes – Jacko, Edith, Paul, or Edith Lake.    On a day that was forecast for wind and rain, I got an early start.

On the open part of the lake, it was a bit windy and cool, but I did a counter-clockwise loop and entered the back channels, protected from the wind.


There are two out-and-back bays on that end of the lake, both protected from the wind, but also with no other boats in sight.


The end of the back channel is surrounded by grazing lands.    I usually round the deadhead and return by the other shore.

A circuit around the lake takes about 50 minutes so I go around twice, once in each direction on some days.   On this day it was under an hour of paddling, a shorter outing for a busy day.

I will be back to paddle the lake again, then in winter to snowshoe around the lake.