Sunday July 1 - On the Big Lake at last!

Mike missed the whole bear thing but when he came down to get some breakfast, we looked at the lake, realized it was “calm” and decided to go for it! And we did! We actually paddled around for several miles and hours in Lake Superior! GotcheeGoomee! The Big Water!! The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!! It was a major buzz!
Okay, so my heart was in my throat for most of the time, but not in a bad way. The amazing thing was that the water is so clear you can see the bottom most of the time! There are huge rocks and faults and I took a picture through the water but there is no way to reproduce the sensation of sitting at water level in a wooden kayak on Lake Superior and looking down through crystal clear water at ancient rocks. What can I say. I have no words for this.
We wore ourselves out – paddling further each time – the waves started to build up a bit – we “surfed” the swells and I could hear the boat slap each time it rose up. Mike had the better view in front. But he also took the brunt of the wind and it was brisk out there.
We finally had to call it quits and we took another long and luxurious Jacuzzi soak to get the muscles calmed down.
The clouds finally started moving in early in the evening so we covered the cockpit of the boat with a tarp and went to hound some rocks on the beach. I found lots of good ones. And enough shale for the next two years! I wish I hadn’t just placed an order with Burminco! In fact, I realized it wouldn’t take much to come up here and gather all the granite, basalt, sandstone, shale, slate, (and more!) I could ever need for the earth & space labs. But, then again, with gas prices the way they are it is actually cheaper to buy them. Not nearly as much fun though.