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Launch: Landing at CTH O bridge
Takeout: CTH D landing, Packwaukee
Distance: 12.5 miles
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We reassemble at County O three weeks later to paddle the 12.8 miles to Packwaukee and Buffalo Lake. Our number has dipped to 40, still more than we anticipated at our winter planning meetings.
In this stretch, marshes line the banks. The predominant residents are cranes and great blue herons.
Shortly after we launch, a pair of bald eagles fly over the river, locking their talons in what appears to be playfulness.
The marshes south of Endeavor produced wiregrass, which was harvested throughout the mid-20th century to make rugs. Parts of the wetlands were drained to create muck farms that today grow a substantial crop of mint and Christmas trees.
This paddle is followed by a drum ceremony by re-enactor “Dirty Kettle.” We bless our instruments with tobacco, give thanks to the earth and pound out ancient rhythms.
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