Tar River (Shock Overton Rd to Hwy 15), 2.17 miles Aaron Vaughan and I ran this section that we had read about in Paul Ferguson’s Paddling Eastern North Carolina. It was the second most exciting in terms of gradient that …
Normally I’d be sharing full details on where we went today for the Paddler as a B-Sides. I’ve got a few more creeks that I’d like to check out before I write one specifically on the Haw drainage. This trip …
Gregory Moon and I ran the upper part of the Flat River. Level was just under 5 ft on the gage, which rivers.run considers high flow. Visually, it didn’t seem high or even close to flood level, but the current …
I had a chance to run another one that I spent many hours studying on the satellite. With over 5 ft on the gage (23 miles downstream), I ran the Tar River from Hobgood Rd to Hwy 158. I chose …
I finally got a chance to run a river that I read about in Paddling Eastern North Carolina, by Paul Ferguson and had spent countless hours studying on the satellite map. Paul Yow joined me to run the Little River …
Aaron Vaughan and I ran New Hope Creek from Hwy 86 to Erwin Rd. We hiked a bit upstream to go under the I-40 tunnel since I’ve wanted to do this for some time. One almost S-Turn was found right …
I ran Little River, but started on the South Fork. I had scoped this area out beforehand to get an idea of what I’d be up against at low water about a year ago. Start was at Guess Rd and …
We had a good, scrapey morning adventure on the upper part of Richland Creek. I have done further downstream in the past and had high hopes for the upper part, just southeast of Asheboro, NC. Unfortunately, it did not rain …
