Starlight Paddle takes guided kayaks onto the Tennessee River after dark Friday and Saturday
Two hours on the river at night with an Ijams Nature Center naturalist, reading the sky and the bank by headlamp. Two nights to pick from, and Saturday's is the clear, cold one.
- When
- Fri Oct 16 and Sat Oct 17 · 7 – 9 PM
- Where
- Ijams River Landing · 3507 Island Home Pike
- Cost
- $45 · ages 14+ · under 18 with an adult
- Provided
- Kayak, life jacket, headlamp
- Bring
- Water · warm layers · the online waiver, once a year
- Also
- Early Bird Paddle Sun Oct 18, 9 – 11 AM, $45, in the fall color
- Weather
- Fri: the front comes through, 46 and a slight shower chance before 8 · Sat: clear and 40
Ijams Nature Center runs its Starlight Paddle twice this weekend, Friday and Saturday from seven to nine, out of the River Landing on Island Home Pike. Naturalists lead a two-hour guided paddle to uncover the secrets of the Tennessee River after dark, as the listing puts it, looking for the plants, animals and rock along the bank and learning the night sky overhead. Forty-five dollars, ages fourteen and up, with anyone under eighteen bringing an adult.
Friday or Saturday
The two nights are different nights. Friday is when the cold front crosses, with a slight chance of a shower before eight and the temperature falling toward 46. Saturday is behind it: clear, calm and cold, 40 by the end, with the best sky of the month. Kayaks, life jackets and headlamps are provided; warm layers, water and the once-a-year online waiver are on you. If a morning suits better, the Early Bird Paddle goes out Sunday from nine to eleven, same price, same landing, in the fall color.
