Flint River 14.6 miles 549.8 total
Me, Scotty, Ethan
Average Speed 4.2mph, Max Speed 9.2 mph, 3:28 traveling speed
Oscar Patterson Rd at Baptist Church to Highway 72 Bridge (Talado Landing)
We traveled down to see Ethan, and brought our kayaks. We stayed with my cousin Jim and his wife, Karen, and this river is close to their house. We put in at 9:50. There had been a lot of rain earlier in the week and the river was a bit high, but not at a dangerous point. The river had a very nice flow. Because it was high, there weren't very many places to pull over. We found a nice place for lunch. It was soon after lunch the we saw a man fishing and what appeared to be a small waterfall. I went first and he pointed to a place I could go over. I made it - barely. Ethan followed and flipped, and then Scotty came along and flipped. The waterfall was probably less than 2 feet high, but they both said the water was over their head. I had to giggle a bit, only because I got over with no problem; and also because the nearby fisherman never even flinched at their mishaps!
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| This cat was watching us from a ledge up above the river. |
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| Beautiful spring blossoms along the shore. |
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| Do you see the wisteria trees? |
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| See the 'huge' waterfall behind them? That's where they flipped. |
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| Even after they flipped, this guy just kept on fishing. |
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| HONK! HONK! She made sure we stayed away from her nest. |
The next day we made a visit to the Huntsville Space and Rocket Visitor's Center. NASA and space travel has always fascinated me, maybe because it was such a huge fascination and accomplishment for my generation. And it also could be that Ethan now works there and I'm incredibly proud of him.
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