It was a lovely, leisurely late afternoon paddle mostly through a national wildlife refuge. Put in/take out: Endeavor, public landing off Island Dr.
Flow at Princeton gage: 1080 cfs (median 534)
The paddle:
We put in at 3:00 and headed upstream, which is south on this north-flowing river, on a mostly sunny afternoon in the mid 70’s with a light wind. The water was high but because of the marshy floodplain the current is always slow and easy to paddle upstream. The water was very clear, with underwater vegetation visible several feet below the surface. As usual, we had the river mostly to ourselves.
We did encounter a fishing boat, a family in 4 kayaks, and a pontoon boat. We had a little difficulty finding the main channel just after launch. We headed to the left and in short order realized we needed to cross over to the right to get back to the main channel. We turned around at the campground just past the intersection of County Rd T and Glen Rd. at 4:15 and arrived back at the put-in at 5:00. It was a lovely, leisurely late afternoon paddle mostly through a national wildlife refuge.
Wildlife:
several great blue herons, ducks, a pair of cranes in flight, swallows, ducks, and a couple of seagulls.