The body of water in the photos above and at the top of this blog is Noxon Rapids Reservoir, one of several impoundments of the Clark Fork River on its way to Lake Pend Oreille and on to the Columbia.
We can only assume there used to be rapids in this stretch before the dams. Now it's deep and and usually as glassy as it is in the photo. It makes for perfect lake kayaking, one of my new passions. On the weekends there are a few waterskiers and jet skis, and numerous fishing boats. There are a few private docks farther upriver from us, and a public boat launch in Trout Creek which is about 8 miles downstream.
At no time, however, could you consider it "crowded," and most of the time it's totally serene.
Best of all, it's just a 5-minute from our house to the point where we took these pictures. This is where I launch my kayak, and it's also where our dogs wade and swim.
