Photos by Rebecca Ledwin

Today we had ten paddlers make the trip to the beautiful
Skaneateles Lake. This is the first year that I have led the trip to the
south end as all my previous trips have been to the money end on the lake....the north end.

The weather cooperated as we had a mixture of clouds and sun throughout
the day. The water can only be described as spectacular....the clearest of
all the Fingerlakes. We paddled up the southeast side in search of some
fossils I had heard about as well as admiring the high cliffs along the
way. Finally about two miles up we hit the jackpot! We found the fossils
which are tubular and according to the locals date back 380 million years
ago....give or take a few million!

We continued along, and since the lake shore is pretty much all owned
privately I was concerned about finding a place for lunch. We cam accross a
cottage with hospitable occupants who invited us to share the beach with
them and we were set for lunch!

After lunch we headed accross the lake and our return back to the boat launch.

A fabulous lake and wonderful trip.

Trip leader Charlie Helman