Back to the Black...

It was time for the semi-annual trip down to Black Rapids to help my friend Mike do his surveys on the Delta River.

The lower reach of the river was quite high this year, so we just did that survey from the shore. The doppler meter doesn't work so well in turbulent, silty water, so Mike needs a better system here.

The upper Delta site was also high, but not too high to do the river survey.

Mike got the doppler meter working pretty well this year, so there were no problems getting the river surveyed here or at Paxson Lake.

Had a moose come by, but he kept his distance. which was fine with me after last year's close encounter (Back to the Black 9/30/17).

The last stop was Paxson Lake where we launched the boat, then headed out to survey the outlet at the far end of the lake.

The lake was so calm, it was a mirror image of the clouds. Kind of disorienting at first. On the way back, the wind picked up and blew the shore ice out into the middle of the lake. Had to play dodge the ice flows all the way back to the boat ramp.