Last nights paddle on the Little River was cancelled due to some ugly thunderstorms in the area. So we left the Kayaks ready to go today. The paddle is a short out and back in the backwater of a dam further downstream. We begin the paddle at a put in provided by the city of Troy on Pekin Road. There is a crowd of young folks paddling and fishing here. We get the boats in the water and begin paddling upriver. Our turn around spot is the old Capelsie mill on Capelsie Road.
We see the overgrown mill and hear the roar of the dam. The river narrows and we have to navigate through a maze of rocks in quick water. The effort is finally abandones a couple hundred yards from the dam and we wade the remaining distance. The karge rock dam looks like it may have supported a bridge atop it. We can see one buttress at the dam's midpoint.
Hidden in the forest growth is the old brick mill building.
On the return we take a closer look at a gorgeous home riverside. Crystal mentioned to me who lived there but now I don't recall. Nearby is this sunken speedboat. I suppose it will make its way further downriver in some high water event.
The Pekin Road bridge looms ahead and signals the end of the paddle. It has warmed up significantly, so I am glad to free myself from the confines of the kayak.
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