Bloomfield Avenue upstream to W. Essex Park
Ok, I admit it, I'm obsessed with paddling. I did all my yard work and stuff as fast as I could today so that I had a little time to paddle. I knew I didn't have a lot of time and I looked at the map to see how long it would take me to hit the Passaic river upstream from Bloomfield Ave. It looked like a very manageable paddle for the time I had. I had hoped to reach South Orange Avenue because I knew I had put in there once before. I got in the water on a beautiful sunny/hazy day. The weather is about 70. I headed up stream and almost as soon as I started I came across two paddlers coming downstream. We said hello and I continued on my way. Almost as soon as I got past the Bloomfield Avenue bridge it became very secluded. It was very flooded timber and I couldn't tell if it was always like that or because of all the rain we've had. It was hard to follow the river and there were many parts that I paddled not sure of where I was going. I was hoping that I would be able to find my way back! I continued on for about an hour in one direction. I came upon a blockage that I couldn't get around and so I decided to turn around and float my way back. I did manage to poke in and out of some areas that were flooded just to look around. It was a short trip, but a beautiful one. It amazes me how beautiful and remote some of these areas are. I think that the Passaic river is a very misunderstood body of water and has a really bad reputation, and it's unwarranted. I think I like it that way...it leaves it more untouched that way.
Here's the track I took. All in all, it was just short of 5 miles
View Bloomfield Ave upstream 5.1.11 in a larger map
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