Sugar Creek

John and I had made plans to take advantage of the high waters due to recent rains yesterday morning. We woke up to about several inches of fresh snow and temperatures in the high twenties. We decided not to let the weather dictate what we did, but did decide not to camp out after the trip. We ran sugar creek from Deer Mill to Cox Ford, around a fourteen mile trip. The water was moving at about 1150 cfs upstream in Crawfordsville. We've had a lot of rain and snow melt in the last week and most of the rivers and streams were or are above flood stage. We went down stream a couple of miles then took a break to pound a couple beers and some whiskey. Shortly after getting on the water again I carelessly fell in. I was wearing my 3mm wetsuit, but still got pretty cold. After getting out of the water and taking my gloves and booties off I warmed up a bit. The rest of the trip was very scenic we saw several hawks and eagles on the way down. Usually they fly off before you get too close, but several stayed put as we paddled past them. My feet stayed pretty cold and my core temperature was less than warm, but I was relatively comfortale for the rest of the trip. Although getting the wet stuff off and sitting in the car with the heat on felt pretty good.