Today’s surprisingly warm morning inspired a run up the south branch of the Muskegon River.
The return trip wasn’t quite so idyllic. An unexplored crossover to the north branch included fast water around blind corners into an old stand of trees. At least those were passable. The next run ended abruptly at a chest high log completely blocking the river. Way too much excitement for the early hour.
Saturday’s paddle was up the South Branch of the Muskegon River to the North Branch and then back down river to the lake.
The differences between the two branches were really surprising. The run east had loads of shallow sections, no houses, no people. After turning back west, there are great little fishing cabins along a seemingly deeper river. That is, you’d never guess that the two are part of the same system – and only a short distance from each other geographically.
There was a fairly heavy rain on Friday night – although Susie was disappointed at the lack of thunder. Despite the quiet night, all of the water made for a great walk along the Muskegon River on Saturday morning.
