Julie the Navigator, Navigating Morice Lake, British Columbia

   "I'd made rules for nasty stretches of water where there were no easy landings, based on years of paddling. rough seas, and I followed them now. Think: What was the weather like yesterday?... Go early before the wind picks up... Paddle out for an hour, and if it looks bad, go back. Keep in mind the tide direction."

Audrey Sutherland, Paddling North

   No rough seas on Morice Lake that day. The wind and rain already fell. Now only the clouds hung low. Paddling the last stretch of water to the Subaru.