Boiling Creek in March
Saturday, March 26, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
The Saturday forecast was a little iffy, but we decided to go, hoping the bad weather would not come in until later in the day. We met at 8:00 AM at the Wilcox Road I-10 exit 53 and jumped in the caravan with eight kayaks and our canoe. Upon arrival at the Yellow River bridge take-out, we also met Mike, who came over from Gulf Breeze. We combined boats on vehicles and headed for the put-in bridge. The sky was overcast, which helped keep the heat down a little. As usual, the water was crystal clear and flowing briskly at the bridge.
Our group moved fairly rapidly without stopping for very long anywhere. We saw new-growth pitcher plants starting to come up, but it was still a little early for new blooms. The golden club was up as well as a few water lilies. The group took a couple of short side trips into side branches out of the current flow. After the second such trip, the rain started to fall. It turned out to be a brief and light spring shower of about a half hour. It had stopped right about the time we came to the mouth of the creek by the boat launch.
We stopped for lunch briefly, before moving on into the Yellow River. The current was flowing nicely, quickly carrying us down river. We stopped for a moment at the cut-through, but it was still extremely clogged from last year's hurricane. So, we continued on around the river bend and down to the bridge and takeout. We retrieved vehicles, loaded up and were on our way by 1:00, and made it home before the rain came later in the afternoon.
The Saturday forecast was a little iffy, but we decided to go, hoping the bad weather would not come in until later in the day. We met at 8:00 AM at the Wilcox Road I-10 exit 53 and jumped in the caravan with eight kayaks and our canoe. Upon arrival at the Yellow River bridge take-out, we also met Mike, who came over from Gulf Breeze. We combined boats on vehicles and headed for the put-in bridge. The sky was overcast, which helped keep the heat down a little. As usual, the water was crystal clear and flowing briskly at the bridge.
Our group moved fairly rapidly without stopping for very long anywhere. We saw new-growth pitcher plants starting to come up, but it was still a little early for new blooms. The golden club was up as well as a few water lilies. The group took a couple of short side trips into side branches out of the current flow. After the second such trip, the rain started to fall. It turned out to be a brief and light spring shower of about a half hour. It had stopped right about the time we came to the mouth of the creek by the boat launch.
We stopped for lunch briefly, before moving on into the Yellow River. The current was flowing nicely, quickly carrying us down river. We stopped for a moment at the cut-through, but it was still extremely clogged from last year's hurricane. So, we continued on around the river bend and down to the bridge and takeout. We retrieved vehicles, loaded up and were on our way by 1:00, and made it home before the rain came later in the afternoon.
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