ATL50 - Leg 7; Lower Morgan Falls to Powers Island

I've been away from the river for far too long and Tony Mayes and I made this trip far too short.  We had a great time and should have planned for more.  Everything was cooperating – especially the beautiful blue-skied day.  We started at the other side of the dam that Gretchen and I stopped at during the ATL50 - Leg 6; Azalea Park to Upper Morgan Falls Dam trip.

The dam was only letting a trickle out (on the far side, not visible in that picture), but it presented one of the best looking currents we've seen so far on the ATL50 - Canoeing thru the Chattahoochee River NRA multi-trip journey.

Just as on the North side of the dam, some cliffs presented themselves.

We also ran into a decent amount of wildlife to include the egret above, many ducks, and lots of turtles including the one below.

With the current rolling along rather quickly (well... by Chattahoochee River standards!) it wasn't long before we were approaching Powers Island.  As we were getting closer to the formal city parts of Atlanta, we were able to see our first ever office buildings from the canoe as seen below.

Before the trip was done, we came across a bunch of geese, too.

And their friend... a blue heron!

Our take-out point, Powers Island, is just North of Loop 285.

As you can see from the Kayaking & Canoeing Google Map, this short six mile trip takes us to 41.5 miles.  We're also now really in Atlanta proper.  Tony and I scouted out our ending point for our planned final leg of the full ATL50 - Canoeing thru the Chattahoochee River NRA expedition.  One more leg – I can't wait!!