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- 1/14/2000 - Turkey/Stevens Creek
- We were hoping to ride some of the rain from Monday. The USGS Water level gauge read about 2.0 feet (it malfunctioned while we were paddling!). We put-in at Keys Bridge knowing (but hoping otherwise) that the creek would be rocky. Sure enough, a lot of blue, white, and teal paint was left on rocks. There also seemed to be very little current, making it even harder to spot the rocks just beneath the muddy water. However, there were no log jams! We do not recommend running this creek when it is this low (we must have been desperate, not having paddled it since last April).
Stevens Creek at Modoc had crested at 10.48 feet on Monday Night at about Midnight. By noon on Tuesday it was back down to below 6 feet. By noon on Wednesday it was down to 3 feet. It stayed above 2 feet until Friday morning. By Saturday morning, it was too low (1.37 feet) to even think about running. Thus, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday would have been the time to paddle it.
- 1/8/2000 - Stevens Creek
- For a short half-day trip, we paddled from Sportsman Corner (Edgefield County Road 53) to the Stevens Creek Boat Ramp near the Savannah River (off of Edgefield County Road 433). This is usually lake paddling with very little current but quite frequently some wind. We quickly realized we were actually going against a very slight current (the Savannnah River must have been flowing up Stevens Creek)? We also encountered frequent gusts of wind. Turtles were out sunning despite the cool weather. We paddled past the take-out to the Stevens Creek dam and hiked around it to enjoy a snack below the dam. There was practically no water going over the dam.
- 12/4/1999 - Ogeechee River
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We paddled from Scarboro to Rocky Ford. The Ogeechee was very low but we did not have any pull-overs. In most places there seemed to be very little current, but in the curves the current really picked up and could catch you off guard. We saw a good many deer and ducks.
Canoeing the Ogeechee River's Sloughs
Tall cypress knees along the Ogeechee River
- 11/21/1999 - South Edisto River
- We paddled from Claude's Landing to US Highway 301. As usual on this section, there was plenty of wildlife. The deer stole the show. With the water level being so low, the only place the deer can get away from the hunting dogs is along the river. We saw lots of deer. One little deer was lying between the buttresses of a Water Tupelo. It held its head up and watched us go by. All we could see was the head. Later, three other deer were standing along the bank when they were spooked by Calvin who was a turn behind us. Two of them jumped into the river just in front of my canoe. I had to back-paddle to keep from hitting one of them. We watched as they swam on across the river. We also saw Turkeys. We think of turkeys as being upland birds, but evidently they do go into swamps after blackgum berries and oak acorns.
| Dodging Rocks in Turkey Creek's First Drop | Playing in Stevens Creek's Last Ledge |
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