Sale Creek

Judy Varner, TC Varner, Mark Jordan, Teresa Jordan, Caroline Woerner, Joanne Denise, Jeff Guenther, and Don Deakins paddled Sale Creek and explored two feeder creeks we had overlooked in the past. Our first side trip was into Hodgetown Branch. We were able to paddle a distance of about .2 mile before we encountered unnavigable water. We turned around, paddled back to Sale Creek, and continued upstream for another half mile where we made a left turn into Rock Creek. Rock Creek looked good but, around the first bend, quickly became too shallow to proceed so we stopped for a snack break before turning around. After the break we headed back toward the boat ramp but took an alternate route shown to us by Jeff and Joanne. It was spectacular and resembled what I imagine waterways in the Amazon to be. We did not stop at the ramp but continued paddling downstream until we reached the large open body of water that extends to Browns Bridge. Wind was up and the water was white-capping. We played in the rough water for awhile and then returned to the boat ramp where some decided we wanted more paddling. Four of us then paddled back up Sale Creek to US-27 bridge and back which resulted in a total distance for the day of 9.75 miles.

Slide show of Don's photos

Preparing for launch