Avg. Speed 2.9 mph, Max Speed 7.3 mph, 3 Hours 37 minutes
Me, Scotty, Ann, Dawn
Water level at 8 feet
It was an absolutely beautiful spring day - blue skies, temps in the 70s, quickly flowing water. There were 4 of us and we were able to paddle together and at a fairly good rate, and never did see anybody else on the river. The water was brown as there had been rains the week before. On this trip, I saw a quick glance of 2 otters. One was on a little island covered in rocks. I could hear his toenails running across the rocks before I saw his back go quickly into the water. Another otter I saw come quickly down the bank, run behind a bush and enter into a hole in the bank. We saw a snake go swimming from one side of the river to the other. We paddled alongside 10 baby ducklings just peeping away. Mama Duck had flown ahead of us acting injured - mamas do this to divert attention to themselves away from their babies. We did get a few pictures of the babies, then paddled away to relieve Mama's fear. The one animal that really got our hearts racing was a heron. It landed on the branch of a large decrepit tree. He knocked the tree into the water. It was huge, and if it had fallen onto a person, it would have seriously injured them.
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| I'm adding this note after the paddle. The only way over this log was to 'park' our kayaks and get over the log, by scooting. I remarked that I'd probably get poison ivy. Guess what? I did! |
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