Tonight I went kayaking at Bennett Lake in Fundy National Park. The tide wasn't timed right for a trip on the Bay of Fundy this evening. I decided to give you a more rounded impression of Bennett Lake. It lies about 25 km inland from the Bay and up in the hills. It is a man-made lake going back over 100 years when a dam was made to run a sawmill. Since then it has become a recreational spot for boating (canoes & rowboats), a picnic ground and a swimming beach.
When I arrived the black flies were terrible and I quickly donned my trusty bug net while I got my kayak stuff ready to go. I headed out onto the lake hoping to escape the bugs in the wind. Just then the sun went behind a large ominous looking cloud.
There was no mention of rain in the forecast so I carried on. So did the black flies so I kept my bug net on.
I went right to the far end of the lake, about 1km, to visit the old beaver lodge. There were signs of recent maintenance so the lodge must be active.
Sure enough, as I sat there admiring their handiwork 2 beavers cruised around to check me out.
Naturally I didn't have my Moment tele with me for fear I would drop it in the lake so I just zoomed in as much as PureShot would allow and made several shots.
I have photographed beavers with a variety of cameras in the past but never before with my iPhone. Considering the standard lens is quite wide angle it isn't the ideal tool for the job. None the less, I managed to get some half decent shots just because the beavers came quite close, about 3 meters.
Here, one of the Beavers is expressing its displeasure at my presence by slapping its tail on the water, making a sound like someone heaved a large rock into the water. I decided to vacate their dooryard.
A selfie with bug net.
A view at the back end of the lake just around the corner from the beaver lodge.
Going clockwise around the lake here's a view looking towards the other end of the lake, where the road and the dam are.
I decided to wait and see what the sunset looked like. I have had good luck there in the past. In the meantime, I'm killing time waiting, by paddling around the lake.
This is looking back towards the end of the lake again, just next to one of the small islands. You can see the near-sunset lighting angle.
The sky to the west became completely clear of clouds. This is as close to sunset colour as I got. The sun went down in pale blue with no sunset colour at all.
I headed for home. There I discovered I had collected 22 black fly bites inside my shirt. Time for bed now.