Saturday March 18
Saturday Jason and I launched the kayaks at Rice Creek in Stockton and headed out to the Indian Mounds. We got in the water at about 10:00 and it must have been low tide because the water was very low. This old guy who lives around there came out and was watching us launch the boats and he said that this was he lowest he had seen the creek in four years.
Anyway we got underway and went down Rice Creek, around Larry Island, across Tensaw River, around Fisher Island, down Bayou Jessamine Creek and landed at the India
n Mounds.
We ran into Jason friend Rick with the Monroeville boyscout troop about an hour and a half into the trip so we stopped and ate lunch with them. Then we hit the mounds, There is a nice sandy beach to land on and a walking trail around and up on to the mounds. You are not allowed to dig for artifacts but if you can find a fallen tree you can see shells and pottery that were pulled up at the roots.
"Humans have lived in and around the Delta dating back to at least 1500 BC. Deep in the Delta are the Bottle Creek Indian Mounds, atop which leaders of a Mississippian Period Indian culture lived around 700 years ago. These prehistoric societies by the 15th century were replaced by new tribes such as the Alabamous, Mobilians, and Taensa.The Bottle Creek Indian Mounds were listed with the National Register of Historic Places 1974 2 December."
Anywho on the way back we ran into our friends Brandon and Melissa fishing out of their canoe at the mouth of Rice Creek. They weren't catching much so we headed up the creek and Jason fished a little with his new rod. It is about 3 feet long and perfect for kayaking. Course he didn't catch anything either.
When we got back to the car the GPS said 11.2 miles so I think we paddled about 9.5 miles and walked about 1.5 miles. I made up for any benefit that the exercise might have provided me by having fried chicken for lunch.
Saturday Jason and I launched the kayaks at Rice Creek in Stockton and headed out to the Indian Mounds. We got in the water at about 10:00 and it must have been low tide because the water was very low. This old guy who lives around there came out and was watching us launch the boats and he said that this was he lowest he had seen the creek in four years.
Anyway we got underway and went down Rice Creek, around Larry Island, across Tensaw River, around Fisher Island, down Bayou Jessamine Creek and landed at the India
n Mounds.We ran into Jason friend Rick with the Monroeville boyscout troop about an hour and a half into the trip so we stopped and ate lunch with them. Then we hit the mounds, There is a nice sandy beach to land on and a walking trail around and up on to the mounds. You are not allowed to dig for artifacts but if you can find a fallen tree you can see shells and pottery that were pulled up at the roots.
"Humans have lived in and around the Delta dating back to at least 1500 BC. Deep in the Delta are the Bottle Creek Indian Mounds, atop which leaders of a Mississippian Period Indian culture lived around 700 years ago. These prehistoric societies by the 15th century were replaced by new tribes such as the Alabamous, Mobilians, and Taensa.The Bottle Creek Indian Mounds were listed with the National Register of Historic Places 1974 2 December."
Anywho on the way back we ran into our friends Brandon and Melissa fishing out of their canoe at the mouth of Rice Creek. They weren't catching much so we headed up the creek and Jason fished a little with his new rod. It is about 3 feet long and perfect for kayaking. Course he didn't catch anything either.
When we got back to the car the GPS said 11.2 miles so I think we paddled about 9.5 miles and walked about 1.5 miles. I made up for any benefit that the exercise might have provided me by having fried chicken for lunch.
