LLELA Paddling Trail

Here's where we were - we went counterclockwise from point 1 to the "pond turtles" after point 2 and then reversed. For those of you familiar with the Cottonwood trail, the floating dock is at point 2 and the big Bird blind is at the "Pond Fish" near point 3. The southern property line is bordered by the railroad track at the bottom.

The put-in point - there's a kayak launching ramp here but it's about 4 inches under the water

Put in point

It's really been wet - the water is down about 2 feet from what it was a week ago, but it's still several feet above what it is normally. All this water puts fungus where you wouldn't usually find it - like on live trees.

More fungus.

Heading through the treed portion to the first open water where the floating dock is although we can't get to it easily so will take the long way around

In the BeaverPond. Bird Blind on Cottonwood Trail is to the left and the opening between the 1st open water and Beaver Pond is on the right

Where the map says wading birds between the Beaver Pond and the Floating Dock

The floating dock is just visible to the left of the powerline and the path back to the Beaver Pond, where we came from, is to the right.

Heading back to the Wading Birds section

Off the regular paddling trail through the trees

Dark, but the bird blind is directly ahead

The river water level on June 20, 2015 - a week ago it was at 63, down from a high of 64 or 65