Another great adventure based on the Quiet Water kayaking book. Using one of the recommendations, we traveled 3 hours to Lake Francis State Park in Northern NH. In the town of Pittsburg and along the line of the Connecticut Lakes, we found this awesome lake and state park. Our camping site was right on the water and we could put our kayaks in right from the site. The inlet area of the lake is quiet water and stayed relatively calm despite some high winds.
We kayaked several times on the inlet part but only ventured a tiny bit into the main lake. We saw tons of birds, fish (more on that later), herons, black ducks (and babies), and a deer. Most of that was actually from our campsite, but we did see them from the kayaks also. We also got treated to a great night sky and saw one of the best views we have ever seen of the Milky Way. No light polution.
One cool thing that we saw was this weird thing with fish. There was a part of the lake with some foam and rocks and there were tons of fish swimming close to the top of the water. A huge school. Almost like they were spawning or something. Their fins came out of the water and the water 'boiled' around them. Still trying to figure out what they were but it was really cool.
This was a great place to stay and a great place to kayak. almost no development and the camps that we saw were set way back from the Lake.
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