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More Paddling
Oct. 5th, 2009 09:24 amSure it was cloudy windy and around 13°C out, but this Sunday there no rain. It was weather for the wetsuits, though.
Here's the track. All the way to the end of the Burnham Canal, and then through the port and a little way into the Kinnickinnic river. Just under three hours, 10.8 kilometers.
The Stewart J. Cort was in the port. It's...big. It's one thousand feet long, and unloaded and riding very high the two props were only half submerged, leaving roughly 9 or 10 feet of prop above the water. We also saw a barge loaded with some sort of soil or gravel getting pushed up the Kinnickinnic, one tug pushing, another near the front helping it turn.
We didn't see anyone else under human power in the water, but there were some larger motorized pleasure craft out. Even the port gets some tourism besides us. It's not exactly natural scenic beauty but it's interesting to see.
Here's the track. All the way to the end of the Burnham Canal, and then through the port and a little way into the Kinnickinnic river. Just under three hours, 10.8 kilometers.
The Stewart J. Cort was in the port. It's...big. It's one thousand feet long, and unloaded and riding very high the two props were only half submerged, leaving roughly 9 or 10 feet of prop above the water. We also saw a barge loaded with some sort of soil or gravel getting pushed up the Kinnickinnic, one tug pushing, another near the front helping it turn.
We didn't see anyone else under human power in the water, but there were some larger motorized pleasure craft out. Even the port gets some tourism besides us. It's not exactly natural scenic beauty but it's interesting to see.
