Sunday June 23 2024

 June 23 2024 we had a later then normal start ie being early for most at 8 am we made a good egg scramble as Dwane like to call it. Then we decided because it was a bit windy and for a change we went to comax lake and had a really long and good paddle we were going to continue further but because none of us have spray skirts Calia took in a lot of water with it being so choppy Geoff was braking the waves with his paddle bored and getting wet from the crashing waves. It was cool but Elizabeth was having troubles paddling  in to the choppy waves at the lake. we got prity far after attaching Elizabeth boat to Geoff paddle board and he had drag once agon  but not like last time as she figured out how to paddle with Geoff and keep a pace that created less drag we got almost back  after turning back because of taking on of water. We had to have an emergency get the water out of the boat stop on shore part way back. Almosy in we decided to continue over to white bay an area on comax lake. We had a rest and a fishing for Elizabeth for a few. We then headed back as the sun started getting hotter from behind the clouds  befor dinner. We all Hade a wet and boat filled day today a grate way to spend a Sunday outside adventuring. Till the next Adventure!! 

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