Inflatable Kayak Blog

One of my friends has talked about spending time at Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. It sounds like they always have a great time when they go there for a weekend getaway. It really is close to home and would make a fun trip to explore the area and put the inflatable kayak in for a paddle. In fact, I remember driving past some parts of the lake on our way home from our visit to Fairfield Glade in TN and making a mental note that this would be a great place to kayak. Looking at a map it is a massive body of water and after doing some research on line I found out that it is one of the largest man-made bodies of water east of the Mississippi River and one of many of a chain of lakes in Kentucky and Tennessee constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers. It has more miles of shoreline than any other lake in the world so there surely will be something interesting to see no matter where we would put in. The only drawback to going there in the summer is that I hear the lake is very crowded. So the best time to visit there and get in more of the peaceful style of kayaking we enjoy is probably spring or in the fall when boating has died down for the season. Those are probably my favorite seasons to kayak anyway, so it looks like a good spot to put on the “paddling places to go” list.