Does your Thanksgiving meal have grandkids under the age of 5? Ours does, so of course we'll have mac n cheese, and even vegan mac n cheese for their Mom.

I can write this story: a hitman declines to kill his mark - a gorgeous dame - and hides her away in a cabin somewhere. He goes out to sea with fellow henchman, and tosses overboard an empty chest, weighted with sandbag, claiming the dead body is inside. The hitman then disappears, and lives out his life under an assumed name, with the gorgeous dame.

That's 2.8 river miles each way, and on flat water without wind you can probably paddle at roughly a walking pace. Walk about six miles in 2 hours, perhaps. But current is a thing (even modest) and wind can be even worse. Figure on taking longer to get back upstream than it came to come down. When I go upstream there on windy days, I usually hug the right (north) bank to shelter some from the wind, usually from the NW. Note that you have other take-out options downtown if you get in a jam, or just tired. https://friendsoftheriverfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-Three-Rivers-Water-Trail-Map-Guide.pdf