Took a mental health day on Wednesday and Judi and I did the paddle from Rt.30 down the Jessup River and into Indian Lake.
I had never done this trip and was looking forward to checking it out since it is part of a circumnavigation trip I have planned.
The day was sunny and the black flies were hungry.
3 beaver dams and 2 strainers were encountered before the carry.
If I had had my saw I could have cleared the first strainer so it could have been navigable. Next time..
The second strainer (or was it the third) could be run on the right side.
I checked Phil Brown's guide book and it says a mile to the take out, but the meander quotient must have changed some because my GPS read almost 1.5 miles before the walk.
Greek legends say that Anemos, the Wind, sends his namesakes the anemones, in the earliest spring days as the heralds of his coming.
Pliny affirmed that they only open when the wind blows, hence their name of Windflower, and the unfolding of the blossoms in the rough, windy days of March has been the theme of many poets:
'Coy anemone that ne'er uncloses
Her lips until they're blown on by the wind.'
We evidently were not the only ones using the rough carry trail.
But we made it across the carry ok and on to Dug Mountain Falls.
And on into the lower reaches of Indian Lake.
Where the shad was blossoming.
We went only as far as the second campsite (#50) and turned around for our trip home. Unfortunately, none of the dams we came down over were we able to go back up over so it was the beaver dam dance with my partner New Trick.
and on back from whence we came.
8 .5 miles total and a beautiful day on the water.
I had never done this trip and was looking forward to checking it out since it is part of a circumnavigation trip I have planned.
The day was sunny and the black flies were hungry.
3 beaver dams and 2 strainers were encountered before the carry.
If I had had my saw I could have cleared the first strainer so it could have been navigable. Next time..
The second strainer (or was it the third) could be run on the right side.
I checked Phil Brown's guide book and it says a mile to the take out, but the meander quotient must have changed some because my GPS read almost 1.5 miles before the walk.
Greek legends say that Anemos, the Wind, sends his namesakes the anemones, in the earliest spring days as the heralds of his coming.
Pliny affirmed that they only open when the wind blows, hence their name of Windflower, and the unfolding of the blossoms in the rough, windy days of March has been the theme of many poets:
'Coy anemone that ne'er uncloses
Her lips until they're blown on by the wind.'
We evidently were not the only ones using the rough carry trail.
But we made it across the carry ok and on to Dug Mountain Falls.
And on into the lower reaches of Indian Lake.
Where the shad was blossoming.
We went only as far as the second campsite (#50) and turned around for our trip home. Unfortunately, none of the dams we came down over were we able to go back up over so it was the beaver dam dance with my partner New Trick.
and on back from whence we came.
8 .5 miles total and a beautiful day on the water.
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