Monday September 6, 2010 Hudson River

Sign at the gate

Today we started out from the boat launch at Richardson Street near the Feeder Canal in Glens Falls. We put the boats in near the dam and paddled towards the boat launch at Big Boom Road where we paddled last weekend. We decided to paddle this direction so that we would have an easier paddle on the way back; wind and current going with us.

Boat Launch at Richardson Street

The river split right away and we stayed to the right side.The water temperature was nice and there wasn't too much wind either. As we paddled along we noticed a lot of trees sticking up in the water. We were really curious why there were so many. You had to be careful not to hit the tops of the shorter stumps, as the waves kept them somewhat hidden.



We saw a Heron walking along the shore. He was funny. His beak was always open. Don't know if he was fishing or just walking around. As usual we scared him off.

Heron along the shore

In this area of the river there were a lot of piles of rocks that looked like little islands. A few of them even had a tree on them. A man at his dock told us what the piles had been used for years ago. Cables were strung between the piles of rocks to catch the logs floating down the river. Apparently they were sorted according to their final destination or use. The logs would be across the entire river and be about 20 feet high. It was very interesting to hear about.

Tim approaches the "rock islands"

Shortly after this we turned back. We were meeting Megan back at the launch after her bike ride to Lake George. We'll have to do this stretch again when we have enough time to go from launch to launch.

Piles of rocks

Some of the rock piles

End of another trip