July Trip #2

Location: White River – 146th Street to Hazel Landing Park
Distance: +/-7 miles
Date: 7/23/08
Gauge: 1.8
Paddle Time: 3 hours
Paddlers: Doug & Julie (Zirconia tandem) Tucker (Dancer), Austin (Pelican Burst), Miguel (Blackwater), Vanessa (Loon)
Weather: 80 & sunny

An evening trip with a stop for a snack. This was a nice paddle with the sun starting to go down. There is a good-sized island around 131st Street so we stopped there for a break and a snack. This was my first trip to both the access at 146th Street and at Hazel Landing.
Apparently the body shop owner at 146th doesn’t mind people using his drive, there were about five other boats there taking out when we arrived. It’s a bit rough getting down under the bridge, and I should have checked before going down there since I couldn’t turn around with the boats there, but overall it’s not a bad place to put in. Access at Hazel Landing Park is nice, too. There is a loop drive where you can drop off boats and then go park. There are steps to the water, but they were a bit slimy with mud. Just upstream of the steps there is a small gravel bar on river right that looks like it would be an easier takeout.