9/17/2020 Black River (Irving to Melrose)

9.17.2020 Black River (Irving to Melrose (2.5 ft/mile )

Today marks the COVID 18 trip.  Two more trips to go and we have beaten the COVID-19 thing.   Today we enjoyed entertaining more of Teresa’s family:  Dan and Judy.  They felt that if we could invite Mark and Michelle last Sunday, they deserved to come along today—after all Dan owns the kayaks.  Dan was also a bit irritated at me for saying Mark was better looking, and he pointed out to me that I was very wrong.  You decide.  We did have a great day, albeit a bit cool when we started at 50°, but it did warm up to 62° by the time we ended for the day.  The water temperature is becoming a bit less forgiving, measuring in at 55°, a sharp drop since Sunday.  Our water depth was basically the same measuring 4.8 feet.  Our 13.05 mile trip today took much longer, reaching an average speed of 3.2 mph, definitely the  slowest for the year.  It took us 4 hours and 7 minutes plus an additional 1 hour and 36 minutes’ worth of stops.  We did however, continue to go in the same direction all day and enjoyed the peace and quiet of not having to contain Mark, as we did on Sunday (just kidding).

It turned into a very scenic trip today and well worth the extra time it took on the water.  We were able to paddle all the way back, right up to “Lost Falls”, which is a “first” to be able to paddle to the base.  It is a very scenic pool of water at the bottom of the falls and an enjoyable stop.  We also saw over 50 plus sightings of Eagles.  We had as many as 7 in one tree, and they were constantly flying over and around us—but the pictures are few, because they are out and going before I can get my camera, but I did capture quite a few and some in flight.  The lighting conditions were not the best for photography today.  When the sun did come out it really washed out the colors and some of the pictures show it—sorry.  Our group consisted of Dan and Judy, guests, and most of the usual crew of Bill, Teresa, Steve, and Me.  Our wildlife for the day included; live Deer (no picture), a dead deer, and 50 plus Eagles.  We did also take a detour on the river to view Steve’s old cabin, on property he used to own, and see a great piece of hunting property.  I know how much Steve does miss it—you could see it in his enthusiasm.

As usual another great day, but you can tell that fall is in the air.

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Our music selection for today was decided by : 

Steve:  Harlem River Blues & Pat: Green River

Me:  Where Eagles Fly & In the Good Old Summertime

 

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