Anacostia, Northwest Branch

This is a very disgusting section of water to paddle. ive scouted it at lower levels twice and the trash in the water is repulsive. It smells like sewer and as one of my non kayaking friends put it, 'looks like theres aids in the water.' However if you can put up with this it is worth a paddle (a vey short paddle) For starters run the colesville road damn a couple times (cheap thrill and best run river left.) Procceed under the bridge when ever your ready. There will be a 3 or four foot drop coming up ( i dont remember the best line, so be sure to scout) after that little drop the stram makes an abrupt change. The only way to get a sence of how weird a rapid this is, is to watch the video in the link from the other user.