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| Lower Salt River - Waterusers to PhonD, AZ | |
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Lower Salt River - Waterusers to PhonD, AZ
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| Kayak | 9.30 Miles |
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| | Kayak | 9.30 Miles | 2 Hrs 48 Mns | | 3.32 mph |
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| no partners | | Slightly different put in from the usual - a neat little protected cove upstream of my regular spot affording views of the four peaks in the distance while paddling out to join the main channel. Flows at 1170 cfs.
Late afternoon start with the sun was glaringly bright as it made its way towards the horizon. Timed the dinner stop wrong at the mud cliffs(but might have also been my fault for being a bit late to the meetup), so didn't really get to enjoy the typical sunset view and approached the takeout in full darkness - that was something new for me. Not sure if it was the river currents or perhaps the fact that in my haste I inflated my boat in a manner that resulted in the floor being slightly wonky (or both)...there were times when my boat had a decidedly left hand drift. Picked a not great line through pinball and took on a fair bit of water with waves popping up over the bow and straight into the cockpit.
Other people: A surprising number of folk out on the river, with a very large group of tubers starting at the same time as we were. I wonder what time they got off the river...or where they may have taken out.
Wildlife: Not as many water birds as usual, heard the calls of bullfrogs periodically. Saw a few small groups of horses out for eel grass dinner. Biting insects were out...but so were the nighthawks and bats. |
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Happier when hiking....I may not move fast (and I'm often distracted by wildflowers), but I'll get there eventually  |
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