Canoeing

Down the Au Sable River

by Roger S Nelson

In 2006 I canoed all the way from Grayling to Oscoda, from near the headwaters of the Au Sable River to Lake Huron.  There is a well known race where canoeists paddle all night long and arrive Sunday morning to finish in Oscoda in about 15 hours.  However, for me, if was more like a float down.  My partner, Jerry Bradberry, and I didn't paddle any more than we had to and we took our time so the trip took us six days (our goal was seven days.)  We both had a wonderful time and I used this trip as the background for my third novel, The Fuschia Croc.