I made killer sandwiches for the day's trip -- roast beef, turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato and American cheese.
Pitcher plants in a bed of sphagnum moss along the bank at Cedar Creek (Lacey), April 2, 2006. 
Chris M. plays around the spillway at Cedar Creek April 2, 2006. 4/2/06
Cedar Creek / 2.44' / 86 cfs / 65 degrees (air)
Trip: Dover access to Dudley Park (Bayville) / 9.5 mi.
Drop in: 9:30 a.m.
Takeout: 1:15 p.m.
We (me, Chris, Tim) chose Cedar Creek as our first spring run, during an unseasonably warm early April day. Twice I thought about jumping in for the season's first dip, but passed. First trip in my new boat -- a 10' Dagger Approach. Its drop-skeg proved to be a worthwhile feature for long straits and also while grabbing a beer from the back hatch. I was surprised to feel the swarm of gnats on a couple of occasions -- while dropping in at Dover and at the concrete bridge at Double Trouble (I think that's where it is). It was a great day -- spooked up numerous mallards, a wood duck and a couple of Great Blue Herons roosting high above in trees (never saw them roost before). Swamp Maples (I believe) were starting to bud/flower with no leaves yet. Red-winged blackbirds and swallows out at the pond. We didn't see anyone else (paddlers) at drop/takeouts or in the water.
Some key times (rough) checkpoints:
* Little drop (1') at powerlines 10:20 a.m.
* Concrete bridge 10:30 a.m.
* Parkway bridges (2) 11 a. m.
* Rope swing/ Beer Bottle Beach 11:45-noon
Cedar Creek / 2.44' / 86 cfs / 65 degrees (air)
Trip: Dover access to Dudley Park (Bayville) / 9.5 mi.
Drop in: 9:30 a.m.
Takeout: 1:15 p.m.
We (me, Chris, Tim) chose Cedar Creek as our first spring run, during an unseasonably warm early April day. Twice I thought about jumping in for the season's first dip, but passed. First trip in my new boat -- a 10' Dagger Approach. Its drop-skeg proved to be a worthwhile feature for long straits and also while grabbing a beer from the back hatch. I was surprised to feel the swarm of gnats on a couple of occasions -- while dropping in at Dover and at the concrete bridge at Double Trouble (I think that's where it is). It was a great day -- spooked up numerous mallards, a wood duck and a couple of Great Blue Herons roosting high above in trees (never saw them roost before). Swamp Maples (I believe) were starting to bud/flower with no leaves yet. Red-winged blackbirds and swallows out at the pond. We didn't see anyone else (paddlers) at drop/takeouts or in the water.
Some key times (rough) checkpoints:
* Little drop (1') at powerlines 10:20 a.m.
* Concrete bridge 10:30 a.m.
* Parkway bridges (2) 11 a. m.
* Rope swing/ Beer Bottle Beach 11:45-noon
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