Big Laurel Creek

Hiked down the Laurel from the Store on Jan 2nd for after dinner exercise and general river scouting. The river was very low. Saw a 4-ft x 6' pine log in the river-left sieve at Stairstep Rapid. Judging from the condition, it had been there a long while, but was still strong and was jammed under a rock. It took me 15 minutes to free it by pulling upstream. This was with very little water pressure. Really nasty with branches coming off of it. It would be a near certain hang-up for any object passing thru.