#0446 "A Swift Sunrise"

A couple were out for an early morning paddle on Oxtongue Lake. The sun can be blinding during the early morning hours. The "steam" fog rising off the water is typical of late September and October when the water is still very warm but the increasingly long fall nights cause cool drainage winds to flow down off the highlands following the river valleys to the lake. The resulting mist is actually comprised of warm tongues of vapour rising off the water. The wafts of warm vapours are very pleasant on a cool morning. They are almost idyllic to paddle through. Certainly this was a rare moment that most people don't ghetto enjoy. Such an experience is well worth the paddle. I have done this many times.

I wanted to include the Swift name is the title. It has been my experience that the light of dawn and lay on the eastern horizon long before the sun makes a quick ascent above the landscape.

Based on an excellent photo by Henry Georgi that was used in the Swift Canoe and Kayak Catalogue from the mid 1990's and used as a reference with permission. I may have my share of Swift canoes and kayaks but there is perhaps one more that I need. (https://www.swiftcanoe.com/home)

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