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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz
I came across this odd scene just upstream from Choto Marina during this morning’s paddle. One of the little people on the bench was painted white, which I guess was an attempt to mitigate the racial weirdness of the little black dude holding the U.S. flag. The white boy gets to proudly wave the Vols colors. Gotta love the Rock City birdhouse …
The water was calm this morning, quite a contrast to yesterday, though the wind start picking up as I paddled. I cut to the south shore and followed it up past the entry to Prater Flats. I explored a few coves upstream from the flats and then cut over to the north shore at the daymark at mile 614, so that means I put in at least 8 miles. I didn’t see one boat out there the entire time, though I did scare up a bunch of herons.