Trip Report: Byrne's Lake
Byrne's Lake
Saturday, October 18, 2003
by Brint Adams - brint.adams@us.army.mil
The morning was absolutely gorgeous for a paddle with a light breeze, clear blue sky and 70 degrees. Mike Ward, David Haynie and I met at Bruno's in Spanish Fort at Hwy 31 & 225 and headed north on Hwy 225 for nine miles and turned left at the sign to Byrne's Lake boat launch. We traveled on the dirt road for about two miles until it dead-ended at the parking lot, pier and launch. We started leisurely paddling at 10:00 AM and first went to the right or upstream and explored several forks as far as we could go and returned to the pier, taking about 20 minutes. We then headed further downstream and turned around when we reached the main channel of the Tensaw River, looking across at Gravine Island. On the return, we also explored a couple more sloughs and reached the pier at 11:45 AM. Along the way, we saw numerous ducks, terns, egrets and cranes among the Cypress. It was a most beautiful fall morning with some leaves turning color as well as several varieties of flowering plants still showing color on both the banks and in the water.
Saturday, October 18, 2003
by Brint Adams - brint.adams@us.army.mil
The morning was absolutely gorgeous for a paddle with a light breeze, clear blue sky and 70 degrees. Mike Ward, David Haynie and I met at Bruno's in Spanish Fort at Hwy 31 & 225 and headed north on Hwy 225 for nine miles and turned left at the sign to Byrne's Lake boat launch. We traveled on the dirt road for about two miles until it dead-ended at the parking lot, pier and launch. We started leisurely paddling at 10:00 AM and first went to the right or upstream and explored several forks as far as we could go and returned to the pier, taking about 20 minutes. We then headed further downstream and turned around when we reached the main channel of the Tensaw River, looking across at Gravine Island. On the return, we also explored a couple more sloughs and reached the pier at 11:45 AM. Along the way, we saw numerous ducks, terns, egrets and cranes among the Cypress. It was a most beautiful fall morning with some leaves turning color as well as several varieties of flowering plants still showing color on both the banks and in the water.
posted by brint @ 9:01 PM
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