Paddling Follensby Clear to Upper Saranac Lake

We had a great 9-mile paddle today.  The winds were forecast to be "light and variable" so we decided to get out on Upper Saranac Lake.  We even found someplace to paddle where we had never been before - Saginaw Bay.  That is hard to do given the number of years we have lived here and the number of paddles we have done.

We put in at the southern launch site on Follensby Clear and went under the bridge into Spyder Creek.  Then down the creek into Fish Creek Bay and out into Upper Saranac.  We passed this fancy boathouse that is under construction.

We headed across the lake towards Saginaw Bay, stopping for a break at campsite #8 on Buck Island. Then we paddled the length of the bay.  

We tried to stop at another campsite in the bay but there wasn't a good place to land a boat at the sites we found.  We did find the entrance to the 1.5 mile carry to Weller Pond.  I'd never carry a boat over it, but it might be a nice walk someday.

We went around Buck Island on the way back and stopped at campsite #7.