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Topock Failed Portage Loop, AZ
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| Kayak | 4.64 Miles |
42 AEG |
| | Kayak | 4.64 Miles | 3 Hrs 25 Mns | | 2.18 mph |
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| 42 ft AEG | 1 Hour 17 Mns Break | | |
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| no partners | | I have a little inflatable kayak which weighs only 32 pounds. I decided to paddle across the lake from Catfish Paradise to the river intake structure, where there is a portage trail. I would then portage across the levee (South Dike Road) and paddle down the next channel to Topock Marina and the Colorado River.
I accomplished the portage just fine, but got stuck in the mud almost immediately after paddling away from the shore on the other side. I tried going a little further, hoping for deeper water, to no avail, so I laboriously butt-scooted and pushed against the mud with my paddle, got myself turned around, and butt-scooted back. I re-portaged the boat, and then paddled a loop in the main bay of Topock Marsh.
The Colorado River has been running extremely low lately, and I will have to wait until (probably) March, when they usually ramp it up a bit, to try this portage again. The level of the marsh is dependent upon the river level.
I saw most of the usual birds--egrets, herons, coots, grebes, ducks, etc. |
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