Sale Creek

Lora and I went for the first canoe trip of this season to Sale Creek. We paddled towards the main river doing a loop around the first small lake. We saw deer, eagles, herons, turtles, and fish.

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Sale Creek

Todays adventure. Canoed from Sale Creek Patterson boat ramp, to May Road bridge. First time we’ve paddled with the water this low. Found a spring bubbling up from under a boulder. Usually this spring would be under water.

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Sale Creek

Lora and I got a day to enjoy on the creek. This was actually the first time we had the canoe out this year so we are way behind. It was a wonderful day and we enjoyed the wildlife with no other boats bothering us. 

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Sale Creek with Sara and Don

I met Don and Sara in Sale Creek for a kayak trip. We put in on Illes  Road boat ramp. This is directly across from Patterson road boat ramp. This was my first trip in the kayak this year, and had my new PFD too. The boat floated and I remembered how to paddle it. We went thru the marsh grass area to Rock Creek as far as we could go, then turned around and paddled to where you can see Brown's Bridge. We saw some ospreys and a few nests.


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Sale Creek - Lee Pike

Lora and I put in at the Lee Pike boat ramp by Sale Creek Marina. We ended up doing around 5.3 miles. We went west along the lake and under the bridge. We came back along the North side of the lake. We got to see three different deer, lots of birds, and fish. Another great trip.

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Sale Creek

Lora and I joined Brandy and Jan on Sale Creek for a paddling trip. It was a beautiful day on the water and not too many boats out. We put in at Patterson road and went up Sale Creek. We did a little exploring on Rock Creek and then took Sale Creek up as far as we could, almost to Coulterville road.

We had a little excitement on the way back as we passed some campers along side the creek. They were shooting bottle rockets and firecrackers off. We yelled to them and they stopped, but as we passed one of the men just couldn't resist and had to shoot a bottle rocket at me. We had a little come to Jesus meeting and then headed on our way. There really is nothing you can do with stupid!

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Sale Creek -Tennessee River

Lora and I headed out with the canoe to the Tennessee River. We put in at the Patterson Road Cemetery boat ramp and headed up stream. Lots of fish, turtles, and birds. Another great trip on the river.

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Sale Creek on Sunday

Even with the scattered showers and storms we headed to the lake after church.  This time we put in at the boat ramp off Lee Pike across from the Sale Creek Marina.

We headed down the West side and went West up stream to where we left off yesterday and then circled to the North side and followed the shoreline East towards the river.  We found a nesting pair of Osprey which they let us know they were guarding young ones.  We stopped at the inlet next to Oakdale road for lunch and listened to quite a commotion going on up in the trees.  After a short swim we headed around the corner and found the noise was coming from three Cranes in a tree that held three different nests.  They were still arguing.  We didn't know what about, but we knew who was wrong.  That would be the male bird.

From there we headed into the river and went North to the first inlet.  We did a little swimming there and then headed South past Sale Creek to view a few homes on the shore.  We then turned back North and entered back up Sale Creek.  We followed the shoreline around back to the boat ramp.  We did go under the bridge on Lee Pike, but not very far as the creek was blocked by trees.

Just before we got to the ramp we saw an Otter swimming back towards us and then went down the shoreline.

Our trip calculated out at 4.6 miles.

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Sale Creek Canoe Trip Saturday

Lora and I headed back to Sale Creek for some more exploring.  We put in at Patterson Road Cemetery boat ramp again and this time headed East towards the river.  Just past the rock bluff wall on the North side of the river we found a natural arch on the side of the creek.  Just before we got to the first lake we got to watch a family of three raccoon and the mother come down for a drink.  When we got to the lake we circled it clockwise.  Here on the North side we found a sunk house boat just off shore and then we stopped for lunch.

After lunch we headed towards the bridge on May Road.  We had a Crane fly out right above us from a tree which got the old pacemaker working.  Right before we went under the bridge we saw another raccoon walking along the side of the lake and road.  Just on the other side of the bridge is another sunk house boat.  We stopped by Sale Creek Recreation Area and did some swimming in their swimming area.  From there we continued around this lake in a clockwise fashion before heading back to the ramp circling the opposite sides of the lakes.  We got to see lots of turtles, Trumpet vines, and all sorts of birds including Hawks, Osprey, Green Herons, Cranes, and Blue Herons.  Our trip calculated out at 7.3 miles.

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Rainy Day Paddle

We decided that while there was a break in the rain, we would do some canoeing. We were not the only crazy ones out there as we saw six other kayaks and three fishing boats. It sprinkled on us on and off with two good rains, but we got 6.7 miles in on Sale Creek.

We put in at Patterson Cemetery boat ramp and went upstream.  Our last trip here we turned around at Hwy 27.  This time we got about 0.8 mile further on.  The water current was getting stronger and the rain getting heavier.  We need to see if there is a place upstream to put in at.

Sale Creek Canoe Trip

Lora and I decided to take the canoe out. We went to Sale Creek and canoed upstream towards I-27. It was a very good area for canoeing even on a weekend. Just a few fishing boats.

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