beautiful boating weekend

Veg

Veg

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The river was gorgeous this weekend, and the temps in the upper 70s... This was probably the most perfect weekend of the year for boating! Here's what the St Croix looked like.

And IDK Tony, I just might not be able to part ways with this boat! I was taking some pictures just in case, but man, when I starting seeing the pictures I took I wanted to buy it all over again ;-)

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Incredible day on the St Croix and Mississippi. I logged 165 miles on the jetski on Saturday. Dead flat calm and autumn colors. Life is goooooood!

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Saturday was lousy here, but Sunday was beautiful until about 3PM. We got out for a few hours and enjoyed the day.
 
Veg, Nice pics. I sure wouldn't mind getting my boat down there to enjoy that scenery. What is the average depth of water in the river? Looks like a great area for anchoring out overnight.

Next week our boat is being lifted out and winterized.Back in the water May 2013.

Mike.
 
Ernesto- beautiful shots man! No worries on my end- both are great rides. However....you can't beat the beauty and timeless charm of teak!
 
There was a really nice boat sitting on the beach just East of you.... I don't see it in the pictures!

Jim
 
Ernesto, those first two photos especially are drop dead gorgeous!
 
No wonder ya got that big ole smile goin' on there Veg - great photos - and thanks for sharing!
 
I agree with Nancy. Those first two photos especialyy are awesome. All of the good shots.
 
Thanks all... Crownline, where was your pic taken? And how far down did you go?
 
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Veg, Nice pics. I sure wouldn't mind getting my boat down there to enjoy that scenery. What is the average depth of water in the river? Looks like a great area for anchoring out overnight.

Next week our boat is being lifted out and winterized.Back in the water May 2013.

Mike.

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In the area on the photographs it's anywhere between 4' and 10'... That's north of Stillwater and I never go on plane in this area. But the rest of the river between Prescott and Stillwater varies a lot and is mostly pretty deep, mostly between 20' and 70'.
 
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Thanks all... Crownline, where was your pic taken? And how far down did you go?

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The pic was taken south of Prescott. The camera did not do the background scenery justice

Not exactly sure how south far I went. I initially plotted a course for Red Wing, but got there in good time so I kept going. Maybe around Buffalo City? Everything started looking the same to me after a certain point. I added a few miles because I missed the channel to the West in Lake Pepin. I cruised for a while looking for the way out of the lake. My cell phone had problems picking up satellites and the map detail on the small screen was not too good. I also cruised upstream in the Mississippi at the St Croix junction.
 
Were the colors nice down in that area too? I took all my pics north of Stillwater where the river is narrower and there's more islands, backwaters and shoals, etc. I first started cruising down from Stillwater but quickly realized the colors weren't still very spectacular south of Stillwater at least as far as I could see, so I turned around. For some reason this area around the Boomsite was bursting with colors (lots of Maple in the area I think). The third picture is the view out towards and across the river from the little channel in my marina, quite an impressive display of colors to find right away when you get going! Probably the best I've seen here in years, and I should note these were taken with a point and shoot and not modified, a friend of mine who was a guest on the boat has an SLR and I bet his shots might be even more impressive but I haven't seen his shots yet.

If you haven't yet and we still get another decent weekend, I'd encourage you to take your PWC up as far as the high bridge. I don't know if cruising limitations north of that include PWCs? You could also just launch farther if they did and you still wanted to go farther north.
 
Great pictures beautiful this is a great time of the year to boat.
Bill
 
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