Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 XLIII
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
After spending several days in sunny Southern California, it was great to get back out on the water. My son, Brad, and I headed for the Causeway and put in at the normal spot. When we got there, a small 3' gator splashed into the water and hung around, watching us get ready. We put in at 5:26 PM under cloudy skies, 82 degrees, a southeast breeze, low water and rising tide.
We started out heading east on Pass Picada against the rising current and into the southeast breeze. It was a little harder slogging along past the restaurants, so I arrived at the Apalachee turnaround in 8:08, with Brad making it to Blue Gill's and turning there. On the way back, I caught up to him and went on ahead, passing the parking lot in 15:06. I continued past the Causeway and used the wind-driven chop to cruise into the bridge turnaround in 31:09.
After a short drink break and not seeing Brad anywhere in sight, I started back, this time into the wind. As I approached the parking lot again, I found Brad coming down from the north side of the bay, so we arrived at the same time. My overall time was 49:07 at a 9:55/mile pace. To top off the night we went home and dug into 25 pounds of crawfish, which we sat back and leisurely finished off with Linda, Misha and Bob.
After spending several days in sunny Southern California, it was great to get back out on the water. My son, Brad, and I headed for the Causeway and put in at the normal spot. When we got there, a small 3' gator splashed into the water and hung around, watching us get ready. We put in at 5:26 PM under cloudy skies, 82 degrees, a southeast breeze, low water and rising tide.
We started out heading east on Pass Picada against the rising current and into the southeast breeze. It was a little harder slogging along past the restaurants, so I arrived at the Apalachee turnaround in 8:08, with Brad making it to Blue Gill's and turning there. On the way back, I caught up to him and went on ahead, passing the parking lot in 15:06. I continued past the Causeway and used the wind-driven chop to cruise into the bridge turnaround in 31:09.
After a short drink break and not seeing Brad anywhere in sight, I started back, this time into the wind. As I approached the parking lot again, I found Brad coming down from the north side of the bay, so we arrived at the same time. My overall time was 49:07 at a 9:55/mile pace. To top off the night we went home and dug into 25 pounds of crawfish, which we sat back and leisurely finished off with Linda, Misha and Bob.
posted by brint @ 3:11 PM
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