Yesterday was a burly work day. I spent the day cutting up a section of a large tree that fell in my mother's neighborhood. The wood was desirable for my woodworking business, so I put quite a bit of effort into busting up a 55-inch-long, 40-inch-diameter piece of the trunk into small enough pieces for me to lift into the back of my truck. The task left me exhausted and sore.
I was still very sore this morning, but not too much so for a paddle around the Loosahatchie Bar with several other local paddlers. I went downtown and met Adam Davis, Jason Salomon, and Mike Womack for this journey of 12 miles or so.
This image shows a typical lap around the Bar. It actually depicts a trip that Joe Royer and his wife Carol Lee took a month or two ago, but the route is similar to what Adam, Jason, Mike, and I did today:
At today's river level--15.3 feet on the Memphis gauge--I was afraid we would have to paddle a lot of extra distance to get around the exposed sand at the upper end of the Bar, but we found a route through it with minimal scraping of the bottom.
We pushed the pace at times but also took time to relax and enjoy the environs. All told, I think it was a pretty good remedy for my sore body.
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