An Evening on the Water

Kayaking Timber Lakes on a Saturday evening. Heading back out into open water. Tonight, Victoria and I took the kayaks out and toured Spruce and Timber Lakes. We traveled upstream to inspect the beaver dams that were cleared by the TLCA. Our first stop was the lily pads and island at the top of the lake. An egret was fishing in the shallow water. I had noticed there were four of them flying in the lakes earlier in the day, so I was quite happy to photograph one of them this evening. An egret fishing in the lilly pads. They're not year round residents like the Heron, but occassional visitors during the summer. After pausing for a few minutes to admire the egret, we continued our paddle around the back of the island and began to head upstream towards the beaver dams. This was the furthest upstream we've ever been, and it was interesting to see new parts of the creek. Navigating through narrow passages between the bushes and trees, we went as far as we could go until the brush became too…