Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Shumway Lake.
I didn't like it.
It was veeeeeeery windy that day, the waves were big, and that lake is UHHHHgLY. I like waves, and wind, but on a ugly lake right by the highway it is less than ideal for a fun kayak. It's also a little out of the way, about 15 mins out of Kamloops on the old Merritt highway. And there is no sign. Because there are many big ponds ahem I mean tiny gross looking lakes, on the way to Merritt, we didn't know which one was Shumway. So we drove in and parked at the rowing club grounds, and there aas a sign for Shumway Lake...and this is where the only highlight of that lake comes in. We saw rowers rowing! Both one-man boats and a many-manned boat. It was intense. Especially with the French-accented coach yelling at this one rower.
"Row harder, you eembeeceel. Row, ROW, you imcompetent foo!"
I did embelish a bit, there was no name calling....but add on the french accent an it's still a good show!

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