Kayak Canoe Alabama

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Apalachee River to Tensaw River 2006 XIII

Thursday, February 23, 2006 brint.adams@us.army.mil

If you like the weather one day, just wait a day for the wind to change directions 180 degrees, for a big change. Roland and I put in at 4:45 PM under pretty iffy conditions with 15 knot north winds coming in against a rising tide. The temperature was a warm 65 degrees under cloudy skies, but the water level was low, giving us little room for error through the mud flats along the Causeway.

We started off trying to find a place out of the wind along the north side of Pass Picada and found our way to the Apalachee River in 7:53 and back past the parking lot in under 15:00. Roland was staying ahead, while I was trying to not lose him. But, once we got out into the open bay, where the wind really knocked us around, I was able to catch up and move on ahead. The water out in front of the culverts was boiling around, making it a little tricky to manuever. The chop go even worse, until we reached the bridges. Roland decided to turn at the turnaround for five miles, while I paddled on between the bridges to the Tensaw River. My mile splits heading west were 9:02, 9:42 and 10:00. On the return, I hit 9:50 and 10:33, for a total paddle time of 59:11. Considering the windy circumstances, it was not too bad.

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