Paddling on the Cedar River

Two days ago Harriet and I paddled down the Cedar River between Pelon Road and the Pashley Falls. There were places where the water was only about 3 inches deep, but our Hornbeck Black Jacks floated right over the sand bars. It is a beautiful stretch of about 2.5 miles with wildflowers and towering trees lininng the banks. The unique feature of this paddle is that there are scores of golf balls scattered along the sandy bottom, which have been washed downstream from the Cedar River Golf Course about a mile upstream. It impressed me that these balls, which do not float, could be found all the way down to the shallows above the falls. They illustrate the power of floodwater to move objects even as small and dense as golf balls for miles downstream! 

Yesterday we paddled on Lake Abanakee on a crystal-clear morning, and the water was smooth as glass. We passed at least five paddlers who were in Hornbeck Black Jacks like ours!