and I thought I would post a few pictures of the river.
It is the south Branch of the Ausable and what is known as the Mason Tract, George Mason, an old time auto builder, donated the land to the state and insisted it go back to nature. What buildings that were on it was torn down and now it is sixteen miles of pristine river. No houses of any kind.
There is one place that a dumb beaver is building a dam and it will get him killed. They do it several times a year and the DNR or someone kills them as it is the only way to stop them. My kayak is setting on it in the one shot.
While going down the river it is common for Blue Heron and Kingfishers to follow you. I guess it would be more accurate to say lead you. They will sometimes set on a snag until you almost get to them and they will fly down the river and around the next bend. They will set there until you get there and off they go again, sometimes for 6 times or more.
I had a treat on my float beacuse a Bald Eagle did it. I had never seen it happen before and never expected it, thus no picture. I was just a paddling along and all of a sudden there was this huge bird right in front of me, about fifty ft away and all I could see was that broad white tail. I was supprised. I paddle down around a couple bends and there the sucker goes again. He had been right beside me but in a pine and I never saw it. A few minutes later the thing did it again, then I saw him up high and flying away. What a treat!!
I love my time on the river[attachment 7459 river1.jpg][attachment 7460 river2.jpg][attachment 7461 river3.jpg][attachment 7462 river4.jpg][attachment 7463 river5.jpg][attachment 7464 river6.jpg]
It is the south Branch of the Ausable and what is known as the Mason Tract, George Mason, an old time auto builder, donated the land to the state and insisted it go back to nature. What buildings that were on it was torn down and now it is sixteen miles of pristine river. No houses of any kind.
There is one place that a dumb beaver is building a dam and it will get him killed. They do it several times a year and the DNR or someone kills them as it is the only way to stop them. My kayak is setting on it in the one shot.
While going down the river it is common for Blue Heron and Kingfishers to follow you. I guess it would be more accurate to say lead you. They will sometimes set on a snag until you almost get to them and they will fly down the river and around the next bend. They will set there until you get there and off they go again, sometimes for 6 times or more.
I had a treat on my float beacuse a Bald Eagle did it. I had never seen it happen before and never expected it, thus no picture. I was just a paddling along and all of a sudden there was this huge bird right in front of me, about fifty ft away and all I could see was that broad white tail. I was supprised. I paddle down around a couple bends and there the sucker goes again. He had been right beside me but in a pine and I never saw it. A few minutes later the thing did it again, then I saw him up high and flying away. What a treat!!
I love my time on the river[attachment 7459 river1.jpg][attachment 7460 river2.jpg][attachment 7461 river3.jpg][attachment 7462 river4.jpg][attachment 7463 river5.jpg][attachment 7464 river6.jpg]
