Images from a small tributary I kayaked through on the Ogeechee River. Living in Savannah, I have typically set out in salt water, and it was a different experience in a freshwater system: new plants, clear, tannin-rich water, but still very muddy.

The point I set out from is still tidally influenced, but I don’t believe the salinity of the water is high, considering the volume of freshwater flowing seaward. When I started, the tide was near its lowest point, and you can see the line of mud up the stems in two of the photographs. As I left, the tide was rushing in-land briskly, so it took over 1.5 times as long to get back to the dock than it did to kayak to the farthest point. In fact, when I finally did make it back, the tide was near its highest point; the water lapped at lawn grass of a riverside home.