Paddling the Jessup River

Today's paddle was on the Jessup River south of Indian Lake.  We put in at the bridge and headed downstream where we had to go over several large beaver dams.

We went as far as we could, only about a mile, until there were too many rocks in the way and then had lunch at the carry.  Then we headed back upstream and went on past the bridge, expecting even more beaver dams.  But there were fewer than the other direction so we had a nice paddle until finally stopping at a dam.  The whole paddle was just 5.4 miles, but we were tired from all the dragging over dams.  Next time, we should head upstream from the start.