Location: White River – upstream from “Lake Indy” boat ramp
Distance: +/-4.8
Date: 8-22-07
Paddle Time: +/-2 hours
Weather: 96 degrees, high humidity.

This trip marks one complete year of paddling at least once a month for me…pretty cool. Plus James and I are also two-thirds of the way through our goal of paddling monthly in 2007. October is already scheduled, so we just need to hang in for September, November and December.
We weren’t sure about the area since there are people at the park fishing and just generally hanging around, but the ramp is easy to get to and big. I didn’t realize I had been there until I recognized it from the 2005 Planet Adventure Sprint Race. During the race we left from the ramp and paddled upstream due to a dam relatively close downstream…hence the Lake Indy name. There is really no current to speak of. We chose this because the water is down so much everywhere else, even with the recent rains.
We got a nice view of the naval armory on the way up, as well as a couple of herons, a lot of ducks and a muskrat. It was pretty noisy from traffic until we got north of 38th Street, then it quieted down and was a really nice paddle, you’d never know you’re in the city. There were a couple of fishing boats around, but it’s fairly shallow between 30th Street and I-65, so no ski boats.
North of 38th we finally started to feel the current. We turned around and headed back as we started to have to fight the current. After checking Google Earth it looks like we were next to the International School.
All in all this was a really nice flat water paddle, definitely one to do again, especially when the water is so low other places.