Sunday, November 28, 2010
Salt River, Ralls County, MO, November 27th, 2010: Most OUTSTANDING day for a winter paddle
November 27th, 2010 has to go down as one of the most beautiful days we have seen in Missouri in awhile. I put in on the Salt River at the Cincinnati Access. The Corps of Engineers does a nice job maintaining this launch site. Nice picnic area and table (would be a good place for a summer float). The water is thick and slow at this put in. It is in between the Clarence Cannon Dam (which impounds Mark Twain Lake) and the re-regulation dam.
This reminds me of the Missouri River in St. Charles County with all the Limestone bluffs. If you were to paddle this in the summer, you would miss a lot of these....in the winter you get them in their full glory. Got up on a nice flock of wild turkeys (did not react fast enough to get film), Great blue herons, cardinals, and other sorts of birds.
Mileage: 5.4 miles round
Temp: 46 degrees
Flow (cfs): 57.5
Gauge Hgt: 2.2
Paddle ON!
MLT
Meremac River at the confluence of the Big River- border STL and Jefferson County, MO. November 21st, 2010
This was the maiden voyage of the new Feelfree Atlantis 14 sea kayak. The temperatures were in the 50's and very windy. We paddled from the Route 66 State Park ramp to the confluence point of the Big River. This was a "getting to know you" paddle for me and the kayak. We had a few challenges getting the rudder controls adjusted, but other than that, it was a magnificent paddle
Flow (CFS): 700
Gauge Height (ft): 2.2
MLT
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