Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 XXXII
Thursday, May 19, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
I arrived at Riverdocs at 4:45 PM, put-in and started to ease out about 25 meters offshore, when I heard a frantic horn blaring behind me on the highway. It was Roland arriving right at 5:00, so I turned around and waited for him to get ready. The weather was pretty good, with clear skies, 84 degrees, a southerly breeze and slowly falling tide.
We took off down Pass Picada, past the typical fishermen and early diners at the restaurants, making it to the Apalachee in 7:13. Roland was pretty well recovered from his sinuitis and beat me to the turn. On the way back, we passed the parking lot in 15:07 and on to the Causeway. Roland wasn't real aware of the shallow spots when the water level is low, so he got off into a few areas where he touched bottom and lost a little time. He tried to catch up by cutting inside a couple of buoys, got into some more shallow water, slowing him down even more. By the time I reached the turnaround under the Interstate bridges in 32:56, Roland came in around 30 seconds later.
We started back with me between the bridges in deeper water and Roland on the north side, again mired in the grassy shallow water. The water was not bad with only a slight chop, so I was able to make pretty good time, getting back to the parking lot in 50:47. Roland came in around 15 seconds later, so all in all, he ended up very close behind and well on his way back into shape. While we took our boats out, our same gator friend came out to say good-bye.
I arrived at Riverdocs at 4:45 PM, put-in and started to ease out about 25 meters offshore, when I heard a frantic horn blaring behind me on the highway. It was Roland arriving right at 5:00, so I turned around and waited for him to get ready. The weather was pretty good, with clear skies, 84 degrees, a southerly breeze and slowly falling tide.
We took off down Pass Picada, past the typical fishermen and early diners at the restaurants, making it to the Apalachee in 7:13. Roland was pretty well recovered from his sinuitis and beat me to the turn. On the way back, we passed the parking lot in 15:07 and on to the Causeway. Roland wasn't real aware of the shallow spots when the water level is low, so he got off into a few areas where he touched bottom and lost a little time. He tried to catch up by cutting inside a couple of buoys, got into some more shallow water, slowing him down even more. By the time I reached the turnaround under the Interstate bridges in 32:56, Roland came in around 30 seconds later.
We started back with me between the bridges in deeper water and Roland on the north side, again mired in the grassy shallow water. The water was not bad with only a slight chop, so I was able to make pretty good time, getting back to the parking lot in 50:47. Roland came in around 15 seconds later, so all in all, he ended up very close behind and well on his way back into shape. While we took our boats out, our same gator friend came out to say good-bye.
posted by brint @ 7:47 PM
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