What a Perfect Morning!

  Believe it or not, I haven't been paddling since 2017. That's hard to get my head around, but true. Well, I was doing a little hiking, and I have an issue with no rack for my car again. Pretty sure that date is accurate.

Anyway, friends Bruce and Jenny invited me to kayak on Round Lake, and they said they would bring all the equipment on their trailer. Can't turn that down!

The north side of Round Lake is not developed and we all enjoyed the "wild" feel. The quiet was wonderful. There were a couple of small boats on the lake, but it wasn't noisy at all. We loved the eroded roots of trees. This was the best. It looks like it's trying to climb out of the lake.

The colors of the day were blue...

and green.

We did see a couple of kingfishers, but getting pictures of them is nearly impossible. However, this blue heron let us get pretty close.

Got a decent picture when it took off.

But it didn't go far. There are quite a few dead trees along that shore, and the birds love to perch in them.

The trees are just starting to turn colors. This reflection catches the peaceful mood of the morning with hints of red.

I spent the rest of the day on my current pet project. I thought I might be sore becuase it's been so long since I've paddled, but not a bit. It was a lovely, lovely time.

See Kayaking the South Branch

Round Lake in the Sun

 Huh. Even though I drive past this lake fairly often, I guess I've only shared a picture of it one other time. This was on the way home from my hike on Wednesday. It's a largish (571 acre) lake in Mason County, but it's pretty shallow at about 10 feet. It's name is Round Lake because it's very round.

It's another kettle hole lake, having no surface water running into it. An unnamed creek flows from the NW corner and is joined by the stream from Cunningham Lake (the source of the Lincoln River), and together the stream runs to the North Branch of the Lincoln River.

I worked hard today. Wrote 1000 words, did a bunch of other necessary stuff. Getting ready to leave with Loren in the morning to go to the Quiet Adventure Symposium.

See Tour De Lacs

Tour De Lacs

 
Sometimes you actually get what you wish for. It was another beautiful day here. I had to work at the paper in the afternoon, but before that I was out doing cases, and visited several small lakes. I think that's the best part of the day.

We'll start with Round Lake. This picture is probably the least interesting because Round Lake is pretty much, um... round. The shoreline doesn't have interesting features. It's large enough to whip up some waves on a windy day.



Next up was Ford Lake. I've taken you there in the winter. But summer is delightful with soft stemmed bulrushes along the shore.



The best part was when I realized one of my cases was at the far end of a private road south of Nordhouse Dunes. I'd never been in there, because it's all private. It was about a 2-mile drive on a single lane road till I reached some of the swampy areas above Hamlin Lake, known as the Lost Lakes.



There was a narrow causeway through there, and at last I came to the north side of Hamlin Lake, just west of The Narrows. I've been here by boat, years and years ago, never by car. If you remember the Hamlin Lake map, and want to see it, follow the link below, and where I was today is just south of point 7. You will see the Lost Lakes, and the pinched place in Hamilin that is The Narrows. This picture looks south into the main portion of the lake.



That's the lake tour for the day. It was kind of a tough afternoon at work. I'm going to bed early.

	See Ford Lake- On the Job See Hamlin Lake
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