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Section: Pleasant Green Road to Cole Mill Road (3.6 miles)
Level: 1.5 feet on the Pleasant Green bridge gauge
Difficulty: Class I-II
Date: Jan. 19, 2013
Participants: Sylvia DuRant (K-1), Robyn Maness (K-1), Bob Brueckner (C-1)

The Eno River usually reaches a good level — not too scrapey, but not washed out — in the middle of the night or during especially cold, rainy weather. But we were fortunate to find the river at such a level on a beautiful sunny day with temperature in the low 50's.

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Sometimes opportunities come in bunches, and in this case we’re talking mistletoe bunches. As I was perusing the calendar, I noticed that several events were falling into line: a concert in Chapel Hill, then the Sprig Outing trip Saturday morning , another social engagement that night, and finally the club’s annual Winter Potluck/Meeting. I decided the Sprig Outing needed to be part of my itinerary.

 

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Mighty Mayo River Trip   Saturday January 5th 2013

K1: Dawn Stewart, Larry Ausley, Nancy Guthrie, Pam Maynard, Joannie Lambert, Dennis Ashford, Nate Kritzmanich, Daniel Richardson, Ren Zacker, Danny Byrd (K1) Rhonda Jones (K1)

OC1: Shane Brown, Barrett Black, Brittany Di Massimo, Trent Fentress and Joe Berry

SRVCC Studbolts Joey Fallin and Sammy Allred were kind enough to guide us from the lunchstop rapd thru the final S Turn rapid. Our personal safety boaters!

 

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Upper Russell Fork Trip, 1st release weekend of October 2012.  The
following individuals ran the Pound River and the Upper Russell Fork
to the Garden Hole take-out:

Greta Durbin and Marlow Durbin (first timers), Joe and Tammy Laurick,
Kevin Kizer, Lorraine  Burnham, Martha Mount, and a woman from western
North Carolina (I don't remember her name).  Weather was great and
comraderie was superb.  We ate dinner at the barbeque place in
Kentucky.

Trip coordinator: Lorraine Burnham

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  From a trip coordinator standpoint Saturday's trip on the Noli (Nolichucky) was about as easy as it gets. The vote to choose a river was unanimous for the Noli. Our carpools met in two locations and arrived at the Noli Gorge Campground almost simultaneously. Shuttle drivers were pre-arranged and ready to go before we were changed and geared up.

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