Finally, On the Onion

Day 5 (6/14/09)
We were finally on the onion and loving it. It is everything I hoped and more. The first thing we noticed was that even though we were on a small flowage, there were no houses. It was just us the birds, deer, and fish. The fish were quite funny because all over the flowage they were jumping out of the water. Not just the casual swirling you usually see but literally leaping out of the water. They seemed to be suckers of some type and I think they were spawning because you could see and hear them in the shallows. We made our way up through the flowage on the northern side. It was a little muddy but as we got closer to where the river came in it got clearer. We were amazed, as we started up the river, how easily we were able to paddle upstream against the current. It was once we were on the river that things got really fun. As we worked or way up stream through the branches we came across a deer, beaver and a baby turtle to occupy our time. At times the water was no deeper then a hand but the kayaks moved through it easily. We did bounce off a couple of hidden rocks and logs but nothing major. The only reminder of civilization was the sound of cars coming from the highway. It was so hard to turn around and come back but we decided we should wait until we were more prepared to go further. It left us wanting more and yearning to get out again.