We headed directly to Valcour Island, aiming for the lighthouse and then made a turn south, following the shoreline. We found a perfect campsite with plentiful shelving rocks facing west. We set up the tent and got back in the boats to tour the island.
After crossing the southernmost tip of Valcour, we headed to Garden Island before looping north to follow the eastern shoreline. Being a "calm" day on Lake Champlain there were rolling waves and we were happy to have had our sea kayaks for the venture. We stopped on a rocky beach in Paradise Bay for a picnic before finishing our loop of the island.
We found dozens of sailboats anchored in Butterfly Bay, the majority seeming to be from Montreal. We wondered if this might be a vacation week in Canada.
The shelving rocks at our campsite were the perfect spot to while away the evening playing cards and music at passing boats (I brought my trumpet...). We meant to stay up late looking for shooting stars but our eyes got heavy just after sunset. We headed to bed.
The morning was soggy. With the high humidity, the dew had left an amazing amount of water on everything. We strapped on our hiking boots and planned to hike the lower loop of the perimeter trail before paddling home. The trail seemed lightly used, but offered some nice lookouts at beaches and cliffs.
It was getting too hot by mid-morning so we packed our campsite and headed through the rolling waves to our car at the Peru landing. We went to Plattsburgh to eat some michigans for lunch before making the long, air-conditioned road home.
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