TNP @ Pierce Lake

Doug braved the bad weather forecast yesterday afternoon for a chance
to paddle, and it turns out it was a good choice. We were both early
and eager to get out in case storms were coming, so we launched and
kept an eye out for others to show up until 6:00 and then made our
way around the lake. It's a small lake at about 165 acres, but
sometimes there is a lot of wildlife to be seen. Highlights on this
trip included many Cedar Waxwings, several Turkey Vultures perched in
a dead tree near the shorline and a 34" Muskie that was pulled out of
the water as we paddled past. The worst weather of the evening was a
few sprinkles as we launched, and I wasn't upset about being a little
warm in my paddling jacket as the sun came out.

As we came back to the launch area, we spotted several other kayakers
heading out which was the Stateline Paddlers club. Jim from Paddle
and Trail was able to join them this time too, so Doug and I joined
them for another trip around part of the lake. After that highly
physically-stressful paddle, we felt that a stop at Culver's was in
order which conveniently was on the way back to the highway for
Doug. "Turtle" was even the flavor of the day, so this really turned
out to be a nice evening!

The TNP will be back out here on 8/3 and we'll see what we can find.
I have posted a couple of pictures from this trip as well as some of
the fun we had at APF over the weekend.

Steve