Inflatable Kayak Blog

We still had a few more days at Fairfield Glade before we had to go home and we wanted to get out early before the sun got too hot. As usual, I like to sleep in so we didn’t get away as early as we should have. However it was still fairly cool when we finally got to the Lake Catherine. We hadn’t had time to totally check out the area for launch sites and this part of the lake only had a little picnic area. We inflated the kayak in a shady area near the car and put the kayak paddles and life vests inside the boat, then carried it all to the water. There was a place along the shore that was flat and although we had to walk through some reeds, it was easy to put the boat in the water.

Lake Catherine is a much smaller lake than Lake Dartmoor but the paddling was just as nice. The homes were not quite as impressive as the ones on Lake Dartmoor but still offered some pretty scenery. We paddled along the shoreline all the way around the lake. At the far end we saw some ducks heading for the other side of the lake and later, as we paddled through the area, we passed some feathers floating along on the water. Now that I think of it, it might have made a neat picture. We also spotted the boat launch area so next time we can put the boat in there. People in this area are very friendly and we said “Hi” to several as we passed them on the shore.