Marty Richards is back to talk a little bit about what's going on in the Pine River.
So, so what's up?
The water not right now, right?
Well, no, you know, it's really dry out there.
I don't know what happened, but I got my lawn mowing service mowing my lawn.
And it's the point where it's just mowing the weeds that grew.
Right.
But so that tells us, you know, the soil is pretty dry at this point.
What does that have to do with kayaking?
Well, that means that the pine level is fine.
It's really in good shape.
as far as the water level keep an eye out though because what we have forecasted and you know earlier in the week it was we're going to have three days of rain it's going to be tough well that's dodgenous uh looks like starting tonight Thursday night uh we'll get some rain but there's you know the Friday we're looking at rain but um the you know experts and how much rain we're going to get is really varied it's that system seems like it keeps kind of drying up
air is still dry as we record this you know on Thursday in the morning it's really not I don't know that we're gonna get that much moisture so what I would tell folks keep an eye out one inch of rain can make a difference on the pine but
it is dry.
So if it doesn't come fast, it'll probably soak right in.
So I would just say after this system comes through, just kind of check what are the water levels, what is the speed, you know, that's kind of the concern and kind of use common sense.
Of course, if you really aren't sure and you just want to check, is it safe, you can always call 13 pines RC, the kayak outfitter, 608.
608-0932 and they'll they'll give you a little guidance Should you be be out there or not and they'll rent you a kayak if you need it and the whole service or ferry you back and forth So just kind of keep an eye on it.
It may we if we don't get Heavy part of that system, which we may not it looks like it keeps kind of stopping at the Mississippi River in the forecast It may be good to go
once once it's done raining and the sun comes out it might be an awesome day on the water on the pine and I would say
kind of the sections you can travel haven't really changed.
So Rockbridge, if you get in and the Rockbridge landing to County SR, that's open, should be very enjoyable.
There was one tree that's, you know, with low water, you're going to have to work your way over it right out of Rockbridge, but it's passable for most all people.
And then
Then at SR, County SR, County Road SR, for those who wonder, what the heck is SR?
And I got to remember, not everybody understands my language.
County SR to Bowens Mill Landing, still needs cleaning.
There's been work done, it's getting better, but we're going to discourage folks from doing that section.
that is really it's got a couple of places where it's hard to portage so really getting around the blockage is hard and there is a blockage we still need to take care of there but then Bowens Mill to Mill Pond Park.
That's pretty much clear right now.
I've talked about there is a big tree at North Park.
Rather, you can go all the way to Old Melpond Park.
But there is a tree at North Park that with a little water you can get under.
Now, if we get a little bit of rain and the water level goes up, you may have to portage around that.
But overall,
Things you know are really in good shape right now.
We're just got to pay attention as this storm comes through
indeed So what have you heard so far from the people that have been on the river getting good reviews?
Yeah, we've actually on our social media content We had quite a few people Chippin in we'd talked about the work Derek Warner and and others are doing at Mark Thomas helped him out and
They were really appreciative and we were getting word from folks that have been down the river that really, you know, in those sections we've talked about a very enjoyable, really leisurely, getting, you know, nice scenic views.
Our next project to kind of help people out that we're working on and I've get that's
in the list of things I need to do.
We need to get the duck houses out there.
And that'll give some folks some wildlife and things to see as well.
But we'd mentioned before the Ithaca Technical Education Program led by James Knee and a couple of students, Spencer Nelson and Wes.
brown built like 20 or 18 I think it's 18 duck houses that we can put out and then we also have an effort to start putting some mileage markers with those so if people need assistance or if you're just trying to judge where you're at in that section you'll be able to you know figure it out oh okay we're mile 17 you know yep we just got another mile to go to get to the next landing or if you know haven't forbid we have a situation where they
need assistance, they can kind of tell people where they're at.
All right.
And we want to thank our sponsor, the Branding Iron.
You do karaoke there?
I do
not do karaoke there, Phil.
Okay, so people are safe.
They do have, believe it's the last Sunday every month, they have open mic night at the Branding Iron.
And really, there's some top talent you tend to hear there, not to mention their own, you know, their own hamburger from their farm.
They actually raise their own steers that
They get their hamburgers, so it's farm fresh right close by.
So really good menu at the branding.
Not to mention, like I said, last Sunday of each month, they are doing open mic nights, too.
Thanks to them.
Thank you, Marty.
And my comb is out of tune, so I can't even show up for open mic night to play the comb.
It's hard to find a good comb
tuner,
isn't it?
They're hard.
You know, I looked in yellow pages.
None.
None.
There aren't any.
So if anybody knows of a good comb tuner, then I'd appreciate the help on
that.
Contact us immediately.
Yeah.
That's it for the Pine River Report today.
