Paddling For Camp Sweyolakan

Maybe we really can go home again. Cathie Wilson, former Camp Fire Girl and retired schoolteacher, is planning on doing just that and she’ll be paddling all the way. On Sept. 8, Wilson and several other women - all of them in their 60s - will be making a 104-mile canoe trip around Lake Coeur d’Alene as part of a Paddlefest fundraiser to benefit Camp Fire Camp Sweyolakan. They’re planning on taking 10 days to complete the journey. “We’re very excited - we think it’s going to be a huge adventure,” Wilson said. “We opted to do the whole lake. “Kathy Davis was the person who came up with the idea, and she, Margie Hames and I are kind of the main committee. We have others we call the ‘Goldens’ and they’re women we’ve all known for 50 years who, like us, have been campers and counselors at Camp Sweyolakan.” Wilson said Paddlefest hopes to raise enough to ensure the camp will be still be there for future generations/ George Kingson , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here. (Coeur d’Alene Press photo: Lorinda Travis)

Question: Have you ever paddled a canoe on Lake Coeur d’Alene?