The family is out of town for a few days, so I went to the Moose River Recreation Area to hit a few spots on my own. Did I mention that it is 22 miles in on the dirt roads to get to the Indian Lake trailhead? And that's from Wakely dam! Oh, and the speed limit is 15 mph, do the math, it took a while...
From the trailhead, it's maybe 0.1 miles to Indian Lake. Someone had already taken the best (only?) site on the lake and left their hornbeck at the site. I paddled the entire perimeter, not much room for campsites, what isn't blowdown is thick, thick, thick. Went to the foot of the lake where there is a wide, old, beaver dam leading to a series of rock ledges and flumes. Very pretty, except fot the empty soda bottle in the brush. eventually, the lake outlet heads into the Indian River and further yet the south branch of the Moose. Heard and saw a pair of loons, but no little ones. Also paddled up the Muskrat Creek past the 1st 2 beaver dams.
Next was Squaw Lake, just 0.45 miles from the road and 150 ft down. Again the best site on the lake was already taken. That site had a rusting hulk of an old motor boat as a decoration. Squaw has a rocky shoreline with quite a few rock ledges, one of them on the SE shore was nearly 25 ft tall!
Next up was a quick drive back to Wakely Dam, did I mention it's 22 miles of dirt?, and a quick paddle on the Cedar river flow. I only went up as far as Beull brook, prettty windy with 1 ft rollers. The DY didn't seem to mind, even if I took the rollers from the side, it slipped the waves nicely and was still pretty darn fast. Some photos below and more here:
From the trailhead, it's maybe 0.1 miles to Indian Lake. Someone had already taken the best (only?) site on the lake and left their hornbeck at the site. I paddled the entire perimeter, not much room for campsites, what isn't blowdown is thick, thick, thick. Went to the foot of the lake where there is a wide, old, beaver dam leading to a series of rock ledges and flumes. Very pretty, except fot the empty soda bottle in the brush. eventually, the lake outlet heads into the Indian River and further yet the south branch of the Moose. Heard and saw a pair of loons, but no little ones. Also paddled up the Muskrat Creek past the 1st 2 beaver dams.
Next was Squaw Lake, just 0.45 miles from the road and 150 ft down. Again the best site on the lake was already taken. That site had a rusting hulk of an old motor boat as a decoration. Squaw has a rocky shoreline with quite a few rock ledges, one of them on the SE shore was nearly 25 ft tall!
Next up was a quick drive back to Wakely Dam, did I mention it's 22 miles of dirt?, and a quick paddle on the Cedar river flow. I only went up as far as Beull brook, prettty windy with 1 ft rollers. The DY didn't seem to mind, even if I took the rollers from the side, it slipped the waves nicely and was still pretty darn fast. Some photos below and more here:
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