Autumn Leaf Time

Yesterday's winds are a thing of the past, and it is, once again, too nice to not be out. 

I put in at Indian Well State Park, and head down river to just above the dam. There is a sign at the put-in telling everyone that it is 3 miles to the dam. This means I can cruise at 6 mph without cracking a sweat...not. I wonder when they will fix that sign, as it is precisely 1.56 miles to the dam, and when one turns around, they can see the park's boat launch.

I cross the river to avoid a fisherman working the shaded west shoreline. A good sized mature Bald Eagle takes off from in front of me and crosses the river to a shaded perch about 75 yards downstream of the fisherman.  

I turn at the dam and head upriver as far as the Eagle Scout put-in, and then return. The leaves are just tilting over to spectacular with the maples going bright yellow. It won't be the best leaf year that I've seen here, but it will be a good one.