Sept 26, 2023
This trip was the first, and last paddle of the season. The reason it took a while was because we needed to do many summer chores like paint the patio/deck furniture, bring the roses back from the dead (almost) tend to the garden plan a party, but the biggest thing that was holding us back was the fact that we needed to install the Kayak racks onto the new car. Our old faithful jeep of 11+years bit the dust :(.
We chose to paddle two days rather than hike the second day. The weather was absolutely perfect September: cool in the morning, warmer in the afternoon and cool at night. We went to Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks which, in our experience of paddling is by far the most beautiful we have been to yet.
We paddled about 1.5 hours each day circling the large rockface island on the second day. It was a great upper body workout and just long enough to get our “sea legs” back.
Next stop: Winter hiking and snowshoeing. Looking forward to it!
Grafedie in the Library 