The Bush Creek Provincial Park site can be a busy spot in the summer, so I usually wait until September to kayak the south end of Adams Lake.    The road into the park is 4 km north from the end of the lake.    There is a nice campsite, a boat launch, a protected pebbly beach, and some bays to explore.     On this day the forecast was for light winds, but there were stronger winds out of the north, with whitecaps forming over the middle of the lake.    I started by going south along the shoreline.

Paddling into the sun with the wind at my back was fine, but I still had to keep an eye on the incoming waves.    Around the point is a bay more protected from the wind, but there are cabins and the mill near the south end, so I turned and went back up the lake into the wind.

I aimed out to the middle of the lake to keep the bow pointing into the waves.    Although its more work and slower, kayaks handle waves best going right into the line of waves.

contAfter paddling up the lake for a while, I came back along the shoreline.     The winds abated right at the end.

Bush Creek is a beautiful spot to paddle.    The water is clear and there are no private homes or much access to the lake north of the launch.      We have paddled across the lake, landing at various spots for tea and beach time in the past.   We hope to return for another paddle on the lake this year, possibly at Agate Bay.