Elsa and I were determined to kayak. We returned to Rancheria to rent the kayaks. We were glad that we chose to rent from that end of the lake because the wind comes up about 10:00 in the morning and blows toward that end of the lake. We were able to navigate up the lake against the wind and float casually on the return. We crossed the lake, headed up a finger past a Boy Scout camp to the entrance of a little creek. The far side of the lake is home to several camps for boys and girls. I wish I had gone to a camp like these. They all fronted the lake and had kayaks, small sailboats, canoes, motor boats. The campers were out learning how to navigate with these various means of transportation. They looked like they were having a great time!
The Ledo race was back on that day, too, so we had to watch carefully to stay out of the way of the sailboats. There were two different groups racing. On Tuesday, the racers had been divided into two groups - the gold and the silver. They were racing in their respective groups as we kayaked. It was great fun to be on the lake and watch the sailboats.
Eventually, we started back across the lake between the two racing groups. We hurried to make it before the boats returned to the middle of the lake. We had managed to kayak about three miles back to where the cabin is located. Altogether, we crossed about six miles! We felt great!
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