This was a fun stretch of river. The beginning was quite shallow, but soon enough we were in water that was deep enough to paddle. Of course, there were plenty of "butt scratchers", rocks that scraped the bottom of our boats. There was some deadfall to paddle around, and one fallen tree that I had to portage over. Hubby managed to squeeze through the branches, but it took him just as long as it did for me to get out and crawl over. At the put-in, we talked to a lady who said she had done this stretch. We asked if she was able to go under the bridge at Shadow Road, (where Lynn took his first spill on the downstream side,) and she said it was easy enough and that we should go for it. So we did! It was fun and not that difficult. I think our skills are getting better, too. :)
See trip #20.
After last week's hot spell, it was nice to get back on the water. In the meantime, I watched videos from Miles Paddled, Mark Guerke and WI Paddle to keep me in the paddling spirit.
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