Jul 23 – We went to a place just south of the Canadian border called Curlew Lake to see if it was as good as an article we read about it last year. It wasn’t. I told the manager that I was looking for something smaller and in the forest. He told us that Swan Lake was probably what we were looking for. Was he ever right. We drove about 15 miles to get there. This place is a small campground of about 20 spaces, way up in the mountains, surrounded by tall pine trees and has the neatest little lake. It’s about 40 acres in size and they don’t allow motors on it. That was fine with us. We finally had the perfect place to try out our new inflatable kayak.
Once we got the kayak ready to go we carried it down to the water. Maggie and I were the first to try it out. We leisurely paddled around the whole lake in about an hour. They have a special kind of Loon here that is on the endangered species list. There is a male, a female and youngster. They make the neatest sound when they call each other. When Maggie and I were in the boat, one of the adults decided to stay in front of us. We watched as it dove deep beneath our boat. It could hold its’ breath for a long time and swim quite a distance under water. The water is so clear we could see everything. It was really neat.
They also have wild huckleberries here. They are similar to blueberries. The campground is full of them. So, we naturally got a couple of cups and started picking us some. Gary had to eat while he picked: he can be such a pig. Anyway, we finally had enough to make some berry pancakes for breakfast. Man were they good. Gary also took some time and made us all walking sticks. We found the sticks on Gold Beach in Oregon and Gary just bought the materials to make them. They are varnished in high gloss and have rubber feet on them so we won’t slip on rocks or hard surfaces.
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