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| Lower Salt River - Blue Point to PhonD, AZ | |
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Lower Salt River - Blue Point to PhonD, AZ
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| Kayak | 6.64 Miles |
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| | Kayak | 6.64 Miles | 1 Hour 53 Mns | | 3.53 mph |
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| no partners | | It's been a bit since I was on the river and with afternoon clouds in the forecast, I was hoping it might finally enable me to catch a nice sunset while on the water. TL;DR: I wasn't disappointed.
We had a slightly delayed start due to some logistical snafus but eventully got ourselves launched with the river running just over 1100cfs and a rainbow in the sky overhead. It was a little breezy with storms building over the superstitions, but the sky overhead looked good with broken cloudcover. With one member of our group new to paddleboarding (but not to paddlesports), the paddle was decidedly leisurely in pace. Was slightly concerned with the winds, but things died down fairly quickly and the water remarkably calm in some places, making for some nice reflected light as the sun sank past the horizon.
Wildlife sightings were confined to the regulars, with a good number of wild horses spotted along with a few heron, grackles, ducks, nighthawks and bats (once the sun was down). A skunk was acting as a greeter at PhonD to welcome us as we took out and headed back up to the cars, no photo this time, was too busy trying to get up the hill quickly ahead of a large group. Unfortunately the biting insects were also out in force - I think I got chomped by a couple flies, a few mosquitoes and who knows how many gnats before I beached my boat so I could apply some insect repellant. Was glad to discover that picaridin seemed to work reasonably well, as I didn't notice any further welts after its application.
Other paddlers: a surprising number of others on the river with the take out at PhonD being a bit more congested than usual. |
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