Canoe Paddles at Lauwersmeer, NL

Having a camping spot on the water makes it easier for enjoying a canoe paddle. We started our week with a short paddle of 4.5 km close to the camping. On the edge of the National Park Lauwersmeer we saw plenty of migrating birds.

Swans, white egrets, ducks of every sort and cormorants. We have spotted spoonbills and three black swans also.

The second paddle was on the West part of the Lauwersmeer from the small village of Oostmahorn. The wind made this a bit of a challenging paddle until we reached a protected island area. Not wanting to paddle back into the waves we headed inland to find a canal back to our start point. Only to end up at a old lock with no access to the canal on the other side. We returned the way we came. In the shallow water we saw some huge fish. I even saw a bass come straight out of the water vertically. This was a 6.5 km paddle.

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Tags50+, Camping, Canoeing, cedar strip canoe, Dutch landscape, National Park Lauwersmeer, Netherlands, Netherlands canoe paddles, Travel

10 Comments

Peter Klopp August 28, 2019 at 1:38 pm

It looks like you had two great canoe adventures watching so many migratory birds. I hope it was as hot as you reported in your previous post.

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1. thecedarjournal August 28, 2019 at 2:34 pm
  
  It has been brutal hot. We decided that we would only canoe early and spend the heat of the day doing nothing.
  
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Minnesota Prairie Roots August 28, 2019 at 2:21 pm

I’m not a “water” person, so I vicariously enjoy these photo journeys across the water. Beautiful, just beautiful. And peaceful. I think that word best fits what I see in your images.

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1. thecedarjournal August 28, 2019 at 2:37 pm
  
  Thanks Audrey for stopping and enjoying our day paddles. It is peaceful but also you get to miss the sweat from paddling in the heat and waves.
  
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kayak2016blog August 29, 2019 at 10:53 pm

What a beautiful photo of the canoe on still water, with reflection.

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1. thecedarjournal August 30, 2019 at 5:06 am
  
  Yes, it turned out really nice. It was blowing away from us at the end of the paddle like she still wanted to be on the water.
  
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doerfpub August 30, 2019 at 8:19 pm

Did I read migratory bird sightings…..!

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Chris Osborne Adventures August 30, 2019 at 8:44 pm

Stunning photos once again and cedar well, she’s still looking elegant

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1. thecedarjournal August 31, 2019 at 5:37 am
  
  Thanks Chris. She really didn’t want off the water that morning. But after the waves we paddled through the hubby and I were done.
  
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  1. Chris Osborne Adventures August 31, 2019 at 6:03 am
    
    The weather was a little windy here to go for a birthday kayak and it’s farther day here tomorrow so we might be going bike riding
    
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