Apalachee River to Tensaw River 2006 XXIII

Sunday, March 26, 2006 brint.adams@us.army.mil

The winds died down considerably today, so I headed back to the Causeway for a late afternoon paddle. The sky was cloudless, the temperature about 62 degrees with a northeasterly breeze of about 10 knots. The water level was about medium and at this time, was rising.

Following an easy day of paddling Boiling Creek yesterday, I was feeling pretty good and got off to a fast start down Pass Picada. The restaurants were crowded, with an overflow crowd on Blugill's outside deck listening to a live electric blues band. It got me pumped up and and I cruised in to the Apalachee turnaround in 8:06 and back in 6:45 on the way to mile splits of 8:33, 9:11 and 10:12. The bay was a little choppy, but manageable for the most part. The waters around the culverts and the Tensaw River turnaround were a little dicey, but I made it through both ways unscathed.

My splits on the return were 9:31, 10:36 with an overall finish time of 58:33. This was considerably faster than the paddles in the stiff winds last week and much appreciated.