I've always wanted to go kayaking on Eklutna Lake. I've walked along it, hiked up to great views of it, and walked on it (during winter), and each experience has been quite different from the others. But until now I had not gotten to kayak on it. There is a company that offers bike and kayak rentals at the lake (there’s a great path to bike along around the lake), and a friend had a Groupon for a kayak rental. It worked out with our schedules that we could both go on the same day, so despite the rain and low clouds, we went out on the lake for a few hours. It was beautiful… trees were starting to change, and the water is a very pretty aqua color. It was a lot of work to kayak with the wind, but counter-intuitively it was actually easier to steer going into the wind on our way back to the landing. It really didn't rain on us until the very end of our time out there, so it worked out very well. I’ll have to do this again on a sunny day… I know that’ll be another different experience, too.
Given that we were out on a big (and up to 200' deep) lake, it was raining, and I'm clumsy at inconvenient times, I did not bring my SLR camera on this trip. I did have my phone though, and got a few photos with it along the way (and kept it in a waterproof case the rest of the time!).
The shoreline across the water from the side where we started, and where the bike path is. I had no idea it was rocky over there!
This was our spot where we decided to get out and have a snack and rest for a little while before working our way back to the boat landing.
Shaun is ready to get going again (aside from the missing paddle in the photo)!
Almost back to the boat landing, and you can see it has started raining. Still a great day out on the lake!
'Til next time...
