#3 - Silver Creek Reservoir

 So first, don't visit Silver Creek Reservoir on a holiday in the early afternoon. Silverton Reservoir and Marine Park is not very big, and there was not enough parking. The boat ramp area is steep and crowded. There is a bathroom, but not really places to sit and eat. Parking is $5 for the day.

Now, once you get on the water, things are fine. It's not a huge reservoir, but there's plenty of room to spread out. There was some shade along one bank, and there are some spots on the other side where people had set up some resting spots with swimming. 

Our daughter came along to paddle board with us, but somehow her board spent a lot of time tied to my wife's kayak. The good news is that she did take turns on the kayak.

While the reservoir is nice enough, the real treat is Silver Creek which feeds into the reservoir from the back. Here, nature closes in, and it's much quieter, with fewer people. We made it quite a ways before coming to some "white water" which was clearly too shallow to continue. Someone had started stacking rocks here, so we contributed to the stacks, and then headed back.

All in all, a nice afternoon on the water. Just try to get there early, so you don't have to worry about parking.