Location: Eagle Creek – Lafayette Road
Distance: +/-1
Date: 7-25-07
Gauge: None
Paddle Time: +/-1 hours
Weather: Overcast & 80

Our July trip…due to low water level in the creek we decided to paddle around the reservoir. James had been denied entry into the northern end of the park a few weeks before because his boats were trailered so we decided to save the time & money of trying to get into the park & just put in at Lafayette Road.

The water was about 75 feet back from where we normally put in, and it wasn’t much better downstream. We paddled down almost to the north end of the rowing course and were hitting the bottom with our paddles much of the time. Due to the water level there were more herons than normal, and they were much further out than they would usually be, We decided to head back upstream and see if we could go north from the put-in but after a couple of hundred yards we were sitting on the bottom.

Not much of a trip, but I did get the opportunity to paddle the Breeze, which is very comfortable for me and much faster than the Zirconia. I wasn’t impressed with the seat back, which tends to come loose at the bottom, but that could probably be fixed by adding some hardware to make a pivot point instead of leaving it loose as it is OEM. It seemed to be very maneuverable and I’d like to try it again sometime when we’re on the creek & steering is important.

It's getting hard to find water...Eagle Creek and White River are both really low.