Several of us tried paddling on Round Lake today. Winds were forecast to be from the NNW at 8 mph so we knew they might be a problem. The orange line on this map shows what we ended up doing.
We put in at the arrowhead and paddled up the channel into Round Lake. It quickly became obvious that the winds were blowing at more than 8 mph and we assumed they would be worse as the day progressed. We hugged the southwestern shoreline to see if we could maybe get up the western shore where we would hopefully be shielded from the wind. But even the crossing seemed too dangerous. So we turned around and went under the bridge into Little Tupper. I thought that would be windy too, but I guess because the wind was from the north, we were shielded and it was a delightful paddle to the Little Tupper put in. We landed there and had lunch on a picnic table near the shore, then paddled back, hugging the shoreline though even then the winds were minimal. We paddled a total of 5.6 miles.
We were surprised at the bright red maples on the shoreline coming out of Round Lake. It seems early for leaves to be changing. We wondered if the trees were actually being stressed by the high water.
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