0.7 Mile Paddle on Black Creek
Sunday, July 5, 2009
A short and at times somewhat scary paddle today... we put in over in Black Creek Park and noticed immediately that the current was pretty darn strong. Headed upstream and about a quarter mile later hit a spot where the ripples on the surface indicated a lot of obstructions under the water. Spent a few minutes trying to get through... with no success. I got hung up several times, once ending up with my boat broadside to the current for a couple of nerve-wracking seconds - not good!
So then we decided to head downstream... much easier paddling, though it would be pretty hard work coming back... and about a tenth of a mile downstream from where we put in hit another area with lots of stuff underwater. Ann waited while I went ahead to check things out... turned out that section had a clear channel on one side, but a little further downsteam looked pretty nasty. So I fought my way against the current back to Ann and we decided our best bet was to get out of the creek.
From there we found a listing for a lake over in Medina, which neither of us could remember the distance to... Ann decided to go for it, and off we went. 45 minutes or so later we were still 15-20 minutes from Medina changing a flat tire on her truck... definitely time to call it a day! Lots of aggravation and driving and little paddling, but so it goes...
JMH
