Widgeon Creek and Widgeon Falls

We paddled up Widgeon creek on Pitt Lake today and hiked up to the water falls. These are my son's pics because my phone is sitting in a bowl of rice because I capsized.

It was pretty embarrassing because Widgeon creek is very shallow and very chill. You keep trying to navigate through the deeper side of the creek so you don't run aground. 

We were almost at the campsite and it got really shallow in a couple of places so we had to get out and pull the kayaks over the shallow parts. I was back in my kayak in the deeper part and had turned around waiting for my son who was just getting back in the kayak after walking it through the shallow part.

I was backing up in the deeper part and there were a couple of logs and tree branches sticking out of the water. So as I'm backing up I reach out and grab one to steady myself so I can kind of anchor there and wait. Only I kept backing up so I grabbed a lower one that was at an angle and for some strange reason it flipped me right over.

It's not a big deal because it's so shallow you just swim to the other side and stand up but it was pretty embarrassing. People don't normally capsize on Widgeon creek. It was fun and refreshing all the same. It's a great day trip. Lots of people on kayaks, canoes and paddle boards but people are spaced out over the entire trip so it not too congested. 

There's pay parking now. $6 for the day and $18 over night. Each night. I guess that's why there were empty camp sites still available on the long weekend. Boat launching has gone up to $25. That's really sleazy. Ripping people off is bad business. 

I'm a bit confused about the North Beach campsite. That's a Provincial park on Alouette lake. Something shady is going on. This isn't building bridges it's burning bridges. Welcome to the new normal. Hate and privilege. Extortion for hire.