Summit Lake August 12, 2010

Summit Lake is located north of Prince George, and is bordered with many cabins, and its recreation site near the northern end of the lake is a very popular spot.  I would have liked to get into the rec site to launch my boat from there, and explore that end of the lake more easily, but it was closed.  So not knowing the lake and its access very well, I drove back around to my usual spot off Adams Road.  I would have a much farther distance to paddle from here, but I had all afternoon.

The view around the corner from the dock.  The water was somewhat calm with just a bit of a breeze.  And not to mention sunny!

Teapot Mountain was visible once I got around the corner.  As usual, I took way too many pictures of it.

Looking back towards the islands that dot the middle of the lake.

There were many pretty places on the trip up the lake.  There are many cabins on this side of the lake, but I try to avoid them.

Scraggly tree against a pretty blue sky.

Teapot mountain keeps getting larger...

The recreation site was completely deserted, which seemed a bit unusual.  I'm not sure why it was closed.

Getting closer to the north end of the lake, where the Crooked River starts.

One more shot of Teapot Mountain from a slightly different angle, in case there weren't enough pictures of it so far... :)

And there it is.  The start of the Crooked River/end of Summit Lake.  It was definitely time to turn around.  My arms were getting tired.

Turned around and headed back.  The breeze was at my back at this point, which was a big help.

And of course, there is never a shortage of tangled stumps.

This was in between a couple of the islands close to where I started out.  Almost there!  It was a great afternoon on the lake, and I actually paddled a lot further than I usually do.  I might pay for that later, but it was worth it.