Father's Day
Energetic Start! Sun Jun 20th Father and Son - special Father and son off for Mixal Lake 'Father's Day Event'. Wake me by 0800, so we can be off for 0830 Nick instructed. We were ready for the off, soon after 0830. Nick planned to swim the length of Mixal Lake at 2.2k return (he does that sort of stuff) and I was going to SUP (Stand Up Paddle-board) it, kneeling down. I am new to standing on a paddle board so wasn't going to risk the whole journey vertically! I did do the last 100m standing up. This was already after an early morning dog walk. So off we set. Nick does a lot of open-water swimming off Kitsilano Beach, so came equipped with his 3mm thin summer wetsuit, ear-plugs, swimming hat etc. etc. It was a stunning morning. The lake was reflecting the trees and mountains around and there were so few others around. The only people I was aware of, were a couple who appeared to have camped on the smaller island on the lak...