Paddling the Ausable River

We put into the Ausable River off Route 9 north of Ausable Chasm.  We took the northern fork of the river after paddling under this railroad bridge which was built in 1913 and is still in use.

We had hoped to paddle into Lake Champlain, but it was too rough.

Instead, we explored the marshy area between the two arms of the Ausable then stopped for lunch on the beach.

After lunch some of us paddled most of the way out the southern fork of the river

before turning back to join the rest of the group and heading back to the cars, for a total of about 10 miles of paddling.