Paddling the Middle Branch of the St Regis River

One of the reasons we like this paddle is that we rarely see anyone else, and that was the case today.  We put in off Rt 458 in Santa Clara and paddled down the Santa Clara Flow to reach the narrower part of the river.

We saw lots of cardinal flowers, which is one of the reasons I wanted to come here.

We were surprised to discover that the spot where we used to take out for lunch has been cleared.  The last couple of times we were here it was so overgrown we had to find somewhere else to take out.      I love the view from this spot.

We cut the trip a bit short, so only paddled about 7 1/2 miles  round trip.  W broke his paddle using it as support getting into his boat after lunch, so we headed back to the car from there.

There were lots of small frogs back at the take out.