Town Stretch

The last of the run was fast especially in big flow. Eddies could be harder to hit despite the flattening out of the run with an ill placed strainer. We wished we had quick scouted the town section as it was now dark. The last of the creek felt like class 3 boating.

Take Out: This run is not going to get run that frequently and I think it is likely fine to takeout on creek Left when you get to the Tool Rental hardware store behind Mom's Deli strip mall. The hardware store has a huge parking lot and I doubt they will notice you cutting through the side of their lot the few days a year that this creek gets run. You want to spot or mark the takeout bank before you start your run. You'll walk 100 yards pulling out here.

Bridge Warning: The Bridge just downstream of RT 94 was distroyed by the creek a few weeks earlier. Who knows what the construction project down there means to a boater so take care paddling below the RT 94 Bridge for a takeout.

Wire Warning: (150-ish yards before Rt 94 Bridge) In the fading light Steve ran into some wire on river right (not barbed) strung "across" the creek for a weak fence. I think in high water the creek created a channel that does not normally exist though a fenced in area. It was a spot we could stop and that is why were were there...otherwise we likely would have been in the middle of the flow far from the banks just finishing the run.  I don't think it will be much of an issue to future boaters with daylight but for us it was the right time to get off the creek.