Well, it's coronavirus time and we have been staying away from people and stores for 2 weeks now. As both a diversion and an outdoor activity, buddy Doug S and I loaded our smallest kayaks into separate vehicles and made our way to Lake Kaweah. We put in at the Slick Rock area, taking the road all the way to the end, where carried our boats a short distance to a small beach at a point where it was still river heading toward the lake. We paddled upstream as far as the first falls/rapids, which was only about 100 yards or so. Knowing that we could go no further in that direction, we headed downriver and paddled out into the lake, staying in the areas where the trees were still not entirely submerged. It's always cool knowing that those areas are ones that are 60 or more feet underwater when the lake is full, and that each year the trees will still be there. It was a splendid paddle, during which time we saw only two other humans, fishermen who were fishing the river bank.
We planned to return again in the coming week, but found out this morning that all access to the lake was closed due to the high number of people who had used the area on the previous weekend. Many families had chosen the area to spend quarantine time away from home, but apparently it became too many....
Sure was great while it lasted.
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