Crossing Alcona Pond this Saturday (October 23, 2021 - AuSable River)
Leaving Camp & into the mist Sunday morning:
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Love it…. Great memories coming across Alcona at daybreak
I always thought a pond was a body of water you could almost throw a rock across.
Along with Mio, Cooke, Loud and Foote, Alcona is part of a series of ponds, basically large backed up sections of the Ausable River, behind power dams between Mio and Oscoda, mi
It’s local custom to refer to the impoundments on Michigan’s AuSable River as “Ponds”.
We were traveling at about 50% - 60% of race speed and started fresh while the racers would have been paddling ~7 - 10 hours to get where we started at the FS 4001 bridge.
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Yes I think we come by 4001 usually around 530 am or so. But I am historically a second half paddler so this is about where we start coming alive and chipping away
In keeping with Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.
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I tip my hat to you. I’m always impressed with levels of peak performance that humans can achieve. I tend to fall in the middle of the pack of the group that I paddle with. I was happy to see the GPS reading an average of 3.4 mph going across Alcona Pond.
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The three bridges of Folsom CA. A variation on the iconic view of this spot that you would usually see.
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There is no steam coming out of that cup?
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I had not been camping since 2017. 2 days car camping over full moon last week kind of kicked my ass.
I was seeking clarity or something equally as elusive. The coffee was definitely steaming on the MN North Shore
Peace J
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I paddled a couple hours the first day, after that lake was not so inviting.
It was alluring though
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Paris Paris Paris! 
Good that you’re on the water.
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Who has the right of way?
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It was ready for a refill!
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I’m so glad you got out there. I hope you are finding comfort somehow.
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