{"id":8535,"date":"2022-07-30T21:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T01:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2022-11-09T21:39:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:39:40","slug":"a-lap-at-pickerel-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/30\/a-lap-at-pickerel-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lap at Pickerel Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" data-attachment-id=\"8536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/30\/a-lap-at-pickerel-lake\/img_5449\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1627658827&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00029103608847497&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5449\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?fit=644%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449.jpg?resize=644%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?resize=644%2C483&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg?w=1932&amp;ssl=1 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption>Pickerel Lake, Gregory, Mich.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to Pickerel Lake when you can. Let it be summer, if you can. Preferably mid-morning or evening but not peak midday because the tiny eyelet cove will be crowded with like 10 Ann Arbourgeoisie and noisy with chatting and water play. Sounds carry across the lake. Only accessory you need is a New Wave swim buoy, just an innocuous $30 inflatable guardian against sinking, low drag, bright and sturdy on the water&#8217;s surface. Clip it around your waist. Wade in with the slow-steadiness of a Taurus plodding motion unbroken. And then make do with a modified freestyle path around the perimeter. You&#8217;re not much of a swimmer. Left first or right first makes no difference. The shoreline is all cattails and lily pads in alternating segments. A breathing flotilla meditation and reunion with tree friends at a distance, hi again. They&#8217;re not trees you&#8217;ve climbed or otherwise dwelt with, quiet there in the surrounds, except when the wind picks up, hi to you. Stick to the perimeter but not too close. Ten yards out. The northeast bend is where lily shoots reach from beneath at irregular spacing. Careful they will surprise you. Tentacled-seeming, those stems know how to tickle or wrap a limb. The swim basic sublime, danger! plant-matter touches land lightly ganglia shock like chimes faintly stunningly dinned and sound-waving from ancestors ninety or more generations ago so lovingly decomposing, dispersed, and rooting for you. After an hour, complete the loop, regain footfalls in sand, primate again lazy towel-off, swig of water, find car to unlock and drive on the dusty way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go to Pickerel Lake when you can. Let it be summer, if you can. Preferably mid-morning or evening but not peak midday because the tiny eyelet cove will be crowded with like 10 Ann Arbourgeoisie and noisy with chatting and water play. Sounds carry across the lake. 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