Trish snapped a few pics on her phone as we neared home so I thought I would share them here. We had 6 boats on the water, 4 full sized kayaks, 1 small sit on top kayak and a large canoe. Daniel took the canoe with Lillie. Asher and Luke started together on the small kayak but between jousting with the paddles and falling in twice, Luke ended up in the canoe and Asher continued by himself on the kayak. He did pretty good until he hit the riffle in front of our house where he got hung up for a short time. I had Lily with me and Matt took Evie with him. Bob and Adam each had their own kayaks. As I stated in the earlier post, the water was at perfect level and has never been this high that I can remember in July. We have had some years that the participants in this Darby float would walk almost the entire distance because the water would be so low. Great time, weather was great, cool (78*) and with enough breeze to keep the insects at bay.
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| Asher, hung up on the rocks |
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| Dad to the rescue! |
Last Monday, Mark Staffan and I did a 3 hour float starting on the Little Darby up near Plumwood at the new Nature Preserve on Arthur-Bradley Rd. That was a really nice trip, so very quiet because we were further away from Rts. 29 & 42 and the interstate. We saw herons, wood ducks (mom had at least 14 babies), two deer (one fawn was standing right next to the waters edge) and I had seen a large muskrat the night before when I was checking out the put in spot. We did have to portage twice around large fallen trees but once again the water was great. With the exception that it was too muddy for fishing according to Mark. Once again I forgot my camera so I only have 3 pics from my phone.
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| Lots of trails and ample parking. Check for ticks when you get out. And I do wish they had easier access to the creek. |
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