chetpk Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Six of us launched from Weirs Beach, meandering between a number of islands, stopping at the outer most one before you only had open water (The Broads) for paddling turf to continue in that direction. The day was cloudy, blustery and a bit cool. It sure felt like one of the shoulder weather days that separates fall from winter. The little beach, string of rocks that connects two private islands was a little more under water this year compared to last year requiring some creativity to secure boats and find a seat to eat from. Most of us found we had to at least keep the feet in the water. On the return run we had a couple of crossings that produced wind waves that were big enough to make their way onto the decks on occasion. Every now and then the sun would find a hole in the clouds to give a some dramatic lighting and a little burst of warmth. After the paddle several of us followed Doug to his beloved Dairy Queen for a soft swirl so we could all believe summer was still on.Pictures --- https://picasaweb.google.com/111328304688886244913/WinnipesaukeeLakePaddle101611 ~Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Some more pics of the day below. The lighting, or lack of it made crisp shots hard to come by. A decent paddle that would have been better with a blue sky. The first "dry suit" day of the season is always difficult to accept but this paddler was happy to have followed the majority by dawning his. As always a great group of friends made the 13.5 miles fly by. http://www.pixel8er.net/Other/Lake-Winnipesaukee-Oct-16-2011/19577149_NrQgDj#1533411243_fWPtkG8-A-LBDoug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Good water, good wind, good sky (despite the lack of predominating blue), good group, good paddle. And, of course, good DQ at the end!pru (ps - nevertheless, still hoping for a lake trip one day with dry conditions and glassy surface!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 More Photoshttp://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=2Act2jdmzbsmpz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwman53 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Enjoyed my first trip around the "BIG" lake.Great pictures...they're good way to share the experience with those land bound folksThanks to all for the opportunityDoug W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetpk Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Paddling With the Volcanoes If you have ever paddled on Winnipesaukee Lake you have actually paddled under an ancient volcano as the Ossipee Range that is the closet range on the north side of the lake and visually seen from most parts of the lake is an old ring dike volcano and it is showing in the pictures posted by all three of us.http://www.nhgeology.org/jurassic.htmThe other lake that a number of us have probably paddled on that is also next to an ancient volcano it Pawtuckaway Lake in the Raymond -Nottingham N.H. area and a satellite image of that area (Google Earth) will also show a perfect ring shape made by the remnants of that volcano.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pawtuckaway-topo.jpg"Got my paddle a running" More useless trivia for the next edition of Kayak Jeopardy ~Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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