How things can change in a month … canoeing in the southern Adirondacks

[kwc]

Today‘s forecast called for sunny skies, warm & somewhat humid, and no rain for a change of pace. So we decided to canoe on the West Branch of the Sacandaga River. I had canoed this a month ago and the water level was very low, lowest I had ever seen. Well now the water is higher than we’ve ever paddled in, probably risen a good two feet or more. The current was really moving along too so our ride back to the canoe launch was fairly quick.

Starting out … usually the pickerel weed sticks out of the water much higher than this

Reflections were great

this reminded us of the bear grass we saw in Glacier NP

paddling against the current and sometimes a breeze.

last time through here the water was so shallow that I scraped bottom a couple times.

heading back with the current

Followed this little side channel for a ways. Usually it’s blocked by a foot high beaver dam. No dam there today!

paddled into this small flooded area, water was a good 2 to 3 feet deep in there.

The breeze kept us cool during the paddle. No wildlife other than lots of songbirds.

 

[Janice]

Today‘s forecast called for sunny skies, warm & somewhat humid, and no rain for a change of pace. So we decided to canoe on the West Branch of the Sacandaga River. I had canoed this a month ago and the water level was very low, lowest I had ever seen. Well now the water is higher than we’ve ever paddled in, probably risen a good two feet or more. The current was really moving along too so our ride back to the canoe launch was fairly quick.
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Starting out … usually the pickerel weed sticks out of the water much higher than this
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Reflections were great
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this reminded us of the bear grass we saw in Glacier NP

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paddling against the current and sometimes a breeze.
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last time through here the water was so shallow that I scraped bottom a couple times.
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heading back with the current

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Followed this little side channel for a ways. Usually it’s blocked by a foot high beaver dam. No dam there today!
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View attachment 100123paddled into this small flooded area, water was a good 2 to 3 feet deep in there.
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The breeze kept us cool during the paddle. No wildlife other than lots of songbirds.

Beautiful reflection shots. We've had a lot of rain here in Michigan, too. Seems like we could benefit from a gigantic fan to blow the whole system out West!

 

[Titans]

Amazing reflections, wow! kudos to getting out on the water the few days or hours when it’s nice- love it. Really beautiful photos.

Well, it’s been raining a ton for about a month (?) now, so it’s not a surprise the water levels are so high. The ground is completely saturated, all the water now goes to the lakes. Yesterday we received a tiny cell that dropped 4-5” of rain in 1-2 hours. Evacuations, lots of flooded roads, bridge out, etc… A lake close by increased 1 foot in a few hours. Let’s send some rain out West!