Lake Life Olympians,   We are bidding farewell to Vermont, but snuck in one last event this week on the one, the only, Lake Champlain! Just Finished: Canoeing/Kayaking III: K-2 500m T he summer solstice brings to mind never-ending rays and bright skies aplenty. Not so on Burlington's waterfront this year! Five daring paddlers slid off the dock just as a storm was sliding off the east slopes of the Adirondacks and coming across Lake Champlain. It was a three hours race, well sort of. Two teams of tandem kayakers faced off with Max Licker going solo in a whitewater craft. Off the dock, it was the Yellow Vests (Kelly Richard and C) striking forward to lead while some dragon boat traffic ruined any chances of our boats keeping a straight trajectory to the finish. The Blue Vests (Gustave and Katrina Sexauer) trailed until passing the public dock which served as a secondary breakwater. The swells then surged to 1-2 feet in magnitude, and the Yellow Vests fell to the back with Licker out ...