Kayak: Alouette

Sunday Nicole, Clarissa and I planned on kayaking somewhere where we could also enjoy a little swim in respite of the hot weather we've been having. After a very complicated adventure of trying to get three Kayaks, two dogs and three girls all secure and ready to go we found out our destination park closed early. Some frantic googling ensued and we decided to set out to Alouette Lake despite it most likely being crazy busy.
We arrived and after some running around in flipflops and trying to get Kayaks down from the parking lot and not the boat launch like the idiots we are, we managed to finally get us all in the boats and out onto the water. We arrived late and the sun was going down but it was perfect. Most of the partiers int their power boats were packing it up to leave so the lake was fairly quiet and very beautiful. We beached the kayaks and decided to swim. I didn't think of bringing my bathing suit but into the water I went anyway. It was amazing. The water was refreshing but still very warm and the dogs had a ball playing fetch and swimming with us.
I had the great idea of swimming giant stumps that poke out of the water and climbing on top of them. I didn't realize that they were freaking slimy so my clamber up was probably the least graceful thing I've done in a long time.
We paddled around some more and indulged in one last dip before packing up and headed home. We will have to do this a lot this summer!