Paddling the Rollins, Floodwood, Fish Creek Loop

We had a nice nearly 8 mile paddle today, plus a walk.  We drove into the Rollins Pond campground and parked at the boat launch.  We had to pay a day use fee of $8.  We had thought we could show a property tax statement to prove we pay taxes in NY, but you must have NY license plates on your vehicle in order to avoid the fee.  We put the boats into Rollins Pond and checked out camp Woodlure that was built in the 1920's by W's great, great uncle.

Then we paddled into Floodwood, down Fish Creek, through Square and stopped at an empty campsite where we parked the boats.  We then walked about 1 1/2 miles back to the car and drove back to pick up the boats.  This is a route we used to do when we had the heavy tandem boat and didn't want to portage it.  It was nice to do it again, since we like paddling the length of Fish Creek. 

We weren't bothered by bugs as long as we stayed away from shore.  But as soon as we got close to shore we were surrounded by black flies.  So we didn't make as many stops as we would have liked.  We saw some hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium in the Caprifoliaceae) in bloom alongside the road.