On an early April morning the weather was mild but there was a 10 km wind from the south on Monte Lake.    I launched and paddled into the wind, heading south down the lake.    There were two other fishing boats on the lake, the highway was busy and a train came up the western shoreline, but the west shoreline was quieter for much of the paddle as I looped back in a clockwise direction for a 1.25 hour outing.

contI tried a different launch spot this time, parking and launching from a designated area on the eastern shore.     This was a good launch, though the highway noise detracts from the spot.

The wind died back on the second half of the paddle as the sun started to break through the clouds.    this was the 7th day of paddling for 2024.     In most years I paddle once on Monte Lake, but this was the first time for an April paddle on this lake, below the black forests on the hillsides above.

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