Kayaking Team: Dave Miller, Justin Eller
Date: May 7, 2025
We learned over the years that if you don’t kayak Twin Creek before June, it is usually too low to kayak for the rest of the dry summer. We decided to go the day after a six-hour rain and the creek was wide, bloated, the current was swift, and we experienced many fast curves. Twin Creek was wider than the Little Miami River that Matt & I kayaked a few days earlier. I was surprised that I saw no turtles, but we saw a couple of blue herons. Once I was not paying attention and ran into some tree branches hanging over a fast curve in the river almost tipping me. I lost my paddle and luckily Justin was able to retrieve it. Later, I missed the poorly marked takeout spot, so we had to paddle back upstream a quarter mile which was a tough workout. It was definitely a fun section of Twin Creek to kayak, and we will return with Rosie, Holly and Matt someday.
