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Windy Beach

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One of the bonuses of dropping my daughter off at work for an early shift is taking a quick stop at the beach before heading home.

It was very windy off the lake today, making for some awesome waves!

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As I parked, I could see a guy struggling through the waves near the water line, carrying an oar and dragging what I at first thought was a kayak.

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Passing him on the sand a few minutes later, as he fought the wind to put it on its wheeled carrier, I saw it looked more like a surf board.  So I’m guessing it was a paddle board.

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The combination of the lake’s size and how shallow it is, makes it one of the more dangerous lakes to sail on in rough weather.  Today wasn’t too bad for boats, but I would not have dared go out there on a paddle board in these conditions!

It sure is beautiful, though.

The Re-Farmer

Views

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While driving my daughter to work this morning, we saw some pretty incredible views.

Right now, a couple of flax fields we pass are in bloom.

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My daughter was able to get some photos of this one out her window for me.  The canola fields are in full bloom right now, too.  So we are seeing this amazing purpley-blue in the flax field, framed by brilliant yellow.  There’s a wheat field that’s starting to turn from green to gold, and other crops in differing shades of green that we pass along the way, broken up by groups of trees sheltering farm yards or planted as shelter belts.  So gorgeous!

After dropping my daughter off, I parked by the lake for a bit, got a bit of Pokemon Go in while also enjoying the view.

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It’s tourist season right now, so later in the day and on weekends, things get very crowded on this beach. This early in the morning on a weekday, there were very few people out, so it was quiet and peaceful.

Where we lived before moving here, we had some pretty impressive views over a river valley, even though we were downtown.  But for me, growing up in the prairies, nothing beats the wild open expanses out here!!

The Re-Farmer