Raquette Lake

We left Camp Kiwassa Saturday morning, another beautiful day. I woke up to a great full moon view over the lake off the porch. Then Carol and I went for an early morning paddle on the lake and packed up. We swapped out Diane's kayak for our canoe and were a little concerned about the fit with the Bay River Skiff. But after a few adjustments everything worked out ok.

A few hours later we were set up at our water site at Golden Beach St Park. Nice site but we had to park about 150 yards away from the tent. Every night I have to carry the battery from the car down to the tent to power up my CPAP and get a good night's sleep. Sunday our friend Bob White arrived from Rochester to experience a few days of camping with us. Monday we woke up to heavy rain storms which lasted pretty much all day. This morning was beautiful and sunny with no wind. So Bob and I decided to take a morning canoe ride and headed off for the town of Raquette Lake. We passed a boy scout camp on what looked like an island. So I called off to the scout master and asked if he was on an island. He said yes and then something else I couldn't hear. Anyhow we had been to the town by car, and a circumnavigation of a small island looked more interesting. We had no charts, gps, cell phone, or drinking water. Just two over the hill sailors out for a trip unprepared. Anyhow the island turned out to be larger than expected and we started to worry about getting lost. As you can see from the plot of our route, we followed the only route back to the campsite. But how easy it would have been to head a little further north and be completely lost!!!!!!!!

We were back in the campground after our adventure of only 5.28 miles according to Google Earth. It was time to tap into the Growler of UBU Ale from Lake Placid Brewery. The rest of the day will be a relaxing one at the beach.