MBCKC Paddle Reports

Rice Creek to Jug Lake - Sept 6, 2009

WHAT A GREAT AFTERNOON WITH A GREAT GROUP OF OLD FRIENDS. NORM & JANICE (BLAIRSVILLE GA), JEFF & LAURA (OREGON), HARRIET, FRITZ, TRACY, DAVID, NANCY AND MYSELF. THE RAIN WRECKED HAVOC EARLY IN THE MORNING BUT CHALK IT UP TO GOOD KARMA THE RAIN CEASED AND THE CLOUDS HELD THE SUN AT BAY.WE MET AT THE STAGECOACH AND WERE GREETED BY GENE AND CAROLYN ON THEIR WAY TO VISIT FRIENDS. WE MOVED ON TO THE RICE CREEK LANDING. THE WATER WAS UP AND RUNNING AND ONCE AGAIN WE WERE GIVEN THE RICE CREEK FEEL OF AN ENCHANTED PLACE. LEATHER WOODS, BUTTON BUSHES, EARLY CARDINAL FLOWERS, ASTORS, GLORIES AND MUCH MORE WERE OUT. LOOKED FOR THE WOOD STORKS THAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE SUMMER IN JUG LAKE, BUT TO NO AVAIL. WE PADDLED AT A LEISURELY PACE OUT TO JUG LAKE PLATFORM. THE CURRENT WAS FLOWING GOOD IN BAYOU JASAMINE AND WE WERE GREETED BY WASPS AT THE PLATFORM. NO PROBLEM. WE HUNG OUT IN OUR BOATS. WE ALL SAW BABY ALLIGATORS AND NORM AND JANICE WATCHED AN OTTER. (THE POSITIVES OF COMING UP IN THE REAR). MOST OF US SAW A STURGEON LEAP OUT OF THE WATER IN TENSAW RIVER. WOW!! THE CURRENT GAVE US A GOOD WORKOUT ON THE WAY BACK TO THE RICE CREEK LANDING AND WE WERE OFF TO ED'S SHED FOR A GREAT DINNER AND BREW. JULI DAY
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