When we paddle about 80 days each year, some days are light and easy, with exploration, photography, and some floating.    Other days are more ambitious, paddling longer distances, exploring shorelines, but keeping a steady pace (long-slow distance).    And, on other days, we paddle more quickly doing loops around a favorite lake like Jacko Lake, Edith Lake, or Stake Lake.  On a sunny day, I drove to Stake Lake for two quick loops around the lake, ramping up the intensity, and shortening the total paddling time.

I paddled twice around the shoreline of the lake, once in each direction.

When I am focused on paddling intensity, I carry a point-and-shoot camera, but try to keep the photography to a lower priority.     Rather than photos, here is a Google Earth Fly-Over of Stake Lake.

I will be back to Stake Lake again for more paddling, cycling, hiking, and snowshoeing.