Laurier Park to Gold Bar Park on the river

 13 July 2022

It was a warm, sunny day and another opportunity to see our beautiful Edmonton from the river. In about 3 hours we covered 16.2 km. The river seemed as relaxed as we were. 

Big men (and Grazyna) on Big Lake (St. Albert)

Monday, 11 July 2022

Back on the River.

 
Devon Voyager Park to Laurier Park in Edmonton, 33 km, 6.5 h

Victoria Day Kayaking on the Big Lake in St Albert, AB

 We opened our kayaking season this year by going to the Big Lake in St Albert.

Victoria Day long weekend seemed like a good day to open the season.

This time of the year the lake offers nice kayaking opportunities, since it tends to be overgrown with algae later in the season.

Kayaking trip on Coal Lake, AB, or how not to listen to the weather forecast.

We are enjoying a very nice October this year and, so far, it seems to be a fine month. To celebrate our wonderful Canadian fall, we decided to go kayaking to one of the lakes nearby on October 5, considering that it might be one of our last trips this year.
This time we decided to explore Coal Lake. Initially, the plan was to go in a larger group, maybe as many as 10 kayaks and to form a nice flotilla. Alas, some people could not make it and some others declined on account of an "iffy" weather forecast that was calling for showers that day. Oh, boy! were there ever wrong, as it turned out to be a really nice day, after all.

Only three of us Young Poles decided to go in the end, including (forever young) Roman, Piotr and Mike.

    

Roman knew this lake quite well, as he was there several times in the past. For Peter and myself, it was the first time.

Coal Lake is located in a valley between two hills, just south of Leduc and north of Wetaskiwin, which is only about 25 minutes drive from the Airport.  The lake itself is about 11 km long and 500-1000 m wide.

 The lake itself snakes through a beautiful forested valley that looked absolutely spectacular at this time of the year with the golden colours of the season.